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WINEMAKER NOTES
“Our 2019 Affinity Cabernet Sauvignon comes on the heels of our previous ‘best ever’ vintage, 2018. I was sharing a glass of the 2018 Affinity recently with some industry friends at our home in late January after a load of great food and plenty of iconic import wines, including first growth Bordeaux. We needed that one more bottle, and I didn’t want to open another high dollar wine at that point. After a couple of minutes in an empty water pitcher, that 2018 Affinity was leaping from the glass. Big, dark, supple, and wound. It was everything I would come to expect from a great Coombsville red, like the Favia Cerro Sur (seriously great) from Andy Erickson and Annie Favia that I cracked at the end of January, except that 2018 Affinity isn’t $225 per bottle. Our visiting friends paused after the first taste and said, “What IS this?” Exactly the reaction I would expect. They couldn’t believe that they were having Affinity. I could barely believe it.
“The 2019 takes things a step further in a vintage that was lower yielding than in 2018. The wine is simply one of the best cabernets to be found in the Napa Valley at any price. Bring your brown bag out in six years and take everyone’s money at the blind tasting table. I am so excited for you to have this wine come to your homes and cellars. Our 2019 Cabernets received some astounding press, and Affinity was marked as our “entry level” offering per usual. It costs us less to farm than the mountain wines, so the price is less to you. Don’t be taken in by the emperor’s new clothes. I’m so looking forward to your comments in emails, texts and social media. 2019 Affinity: don’t sleep on it.”
