2023 Clos du Val Stags Leap District Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley 6pk 6x750ml

Founded in 1972 by John and Henrietta Goelet and French-born winemaker Bernard Portet, Clos du Val was built on a single conviction: that the Stags Leap District of Napa Valley could produce Cabernet Sauvignon capable of standing with the finest wines in the world.

That conviction was validated dramatically at the 1976 Judgment of Paris, where the winery's 1972 Cabernet competed among the world's elite — and ten years later, at a rematch tasting, it took first place.

Today, the winery remains family-owned under third-generation CEO Olav Goelet, with winemaker Carmel Greenberg carrying the Bordeaux-inspired philosophy into a new era of precision and purpose. The heart of Clos du Val is the Hirondelle Estate — named for the swallows that return to its eaves each spring — a 100-acre vineyard in the Stags Leap District planted to nine clones of Cabernet Sauvignon. Situated in a naturally cool "valley within a valley," Hirondelle benefits from consistent marine influence off San Pablo Bay, producing grapes of uncommon freshness, structure, and age-worthiness.

The 2023 Cabernet Sauvignon is Clos du Val's most direct expression of Hirondelle, available exclusively to estate visitors and wine club members. The 2023 vintage — which Greenberg has described as one of the best in years, marked by exceptional color and flavor concentration from a naturally cool growing season — produced a wine of striking depth without sacrificing the winery's signature restraint.

It is a Cabernet that looks both ways: rooted in the Bordeaux classicism Portet brought from France five decades ago, and alive with the precision that defines Clos du Val's modern chapter.