Keenan Winery Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2021 (375ml) champagne-template tucked into the hills of

tucked into the hills of Lazio at the western edge of the Sabine mountains

low-intervention farming and winemaking at sites others overlook

There is grip and intensity

The fruit is hand-harvested and sorted with the same fuss he applies to his top bottlings

Tasted alongside the benchland's other classicists

Keenan Winery Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2021 (375ml) champagne-template tucked into the hills ofKeenan is a Spring Mountain stalwart, with their estate vineyards perched in the cooler, rocky hills above the Napa Valley floor. The fruit here gets stress and concentration from gravelly soils and steep slopes, and the Napa Cab leans on that mountain backbone. The 2021 is generous and structured, with dark fruit and savory spice framed by 20 months in French and American oak. The 375ml half bottle is exactly right for a weeknight steak or a smaller