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2021 Lail - Cabernet Sauvignon Napa J.Daniel Cuvee (750ml)
Lail
SKU 98434

2021 Lail - Cabernet Sauvignon Napa J.Daniel Cuvee (750ml)

$315.00 - $315.00
$315.00
$315.00 - $315.00
$315.00
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The 2021 J. Daniel Cuvee from Lail Vineyards is a Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon that showcases precision, depth, and freshness. As the winery’s flagship bottling, it draws fruit from four storied sites—Heimark Vineyard in Calistoga, Vine Hill Ranch in Oakville, Steltzner Vineyard in Stags Leap, and Mole Hill on Howell Mountain—blending hillside character with warm-climate ripeness. Aged twenty months in mostly new French oak, this wine harmonizes structure with a luminous fruit core, inviting both immediate enjoyment and long-term aging potential.

Tasting notes

On the nose, bright raspberry and black cherry rise above dark chocolate, cassis, and a whisper of graphite. On the palate, the wine is full-bodied and richly concentrated, with a texture that sits between silky and velvety. The finish persists with licorice and dried herbs, and the tannins remain polished and well-integrated.

Winemaking & structure

By blending fruit from four distinct sites, winemakers Philippe Melka and Maayan Koschitzky craft a Cabernet Sauvignon that balances vibrant fruit with refined tannic backbone. The 2021 vintage was aged for twenty months in predominantly new French oak, allowing the fruit to gain definition while the tannins settle into a seamless, elongated finish.

Food pairings & serving

This wine is built for the cellar, though it drinks beautifully now with hearty pairings. Pair it with dry-aged ribeye, lamb chops, or a wedge of aged cheddar to echo its cocoa notes and layered complexity.

Details

  • Varietal: 100% Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Format: 750 ml
  • Vineyard sources: Heimark Vineyard (Calistoga), Vine Hill Ranch (Oakville), Steltzner Vineyard (Stags Leap), Mole Hill (Howell Mountain)
  • Aging: 20 months in mostly new French oak
  • Vintage: 2021
  • Region: Napa Valley
100 Points
"Lail's 2021 J. Daniel Cuvée Cabernet Sauvignon blends lots from several high-end vineyards, including Heimark (Calistoga), Vine Hill Ranch (Oakville) and Steltzner (Stags Leap), plus Lail's own Mole Hill on Howell Mountain. It's an exciting wine, starting from the pulse-quickening aromas of raspberries and black cherries tinged with dark chocolate. In the mouth, this full-bodied beauty is richly concentrated, with a sensuous texture somewhere between silky and velvety, while the softly dusty finish shows terrific length and a spine-tingling hint of licorice. To reduce this wine to deceptively simple yet hard-to-pin-down words, it's complex, harmonious and elegant, yet it's enough of its place that it could only come from Napa Valley."
—Joe Czerwinski-Wine Advocate
Appellation: Napa
Vintage: 2021
Variety: Cabernet Sauvignon
Region: California
Country: USA
Bottle Size: 750ml
Producer: Lail
Lail

The 2021 J. Daniel Cuvee from Lail Vineyards is a Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon that showcases precision, depth, and freshness. As the winery’s flagship bottling, it draws fruit from four storied sites—Heimark Vineyard in Calistoga, Vine Hill Ranch in Oakville, Steltzner Vineyard in Stags Leap, and Mole Hill on Howell Mountain—blending hillside character with warm-climate ripeness. Aged twenty months in mostly new French oak, this wine harmonizes structure with a luminous fruit core, inviting both immediate enjoyment and long-term aging potential.

Tasting notes

On the nose, bright raspberry and black cherry rise above dark chocolate, cassis, and a whisper of graphite. On the palate, the wine is full-bodied and richly concentrated, with a texture that sits between silky and velvety. The finish persists with licorice and dried herbs, and the tannins remain polished and well-integrated.

Winemaking & structure

By blending fruit from four distinct sites, winemakers Philippe Melka and Maayan Koschitzky craft a Cabernet Sauvignon that balances vibrant fruit with refined tannic backbone. The 2021 vintage was aged for twenty months in predominantly new French oak, allowing the fruit to gain definition while the tannins settle into a seamless, elongated finish.

Food pairings & serving

This wine is built for the cellar, though it drinks beautifully now with hearty pairings. Pair it with dry-aged ribeye, lamb chops, or a wedge of aged cheddar to echo its cocoa notes and layered complexity.

Details

  • Varietal: 100% Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Format: 750 ml
  • Vineyard sources: Heimark Vineyard (Calistoga), Vine Hill Ranch (Oakville), Steltzner Vineyard (Stags Leap), Mole Hill (Howell Mountain)
  • Aging: 20 months in mostly new French oak
  • Vintage: 2021
  • Region: Napa Valley
100 Points
"Lail's 2021 J. Daniel Cuvée Cabernet Sauvignon blends lots from several high-end vineyards, including Heimark (Calistoga), Vine Hill Ranch (Oakville) and Steltzner (Stags Leap), plus Lail's own Mole Hill on Howell Mountain. It's an exciting wine, starting from the pulse-quickening aromas of raspberries and black cherries tinged with dark chocolate. In the mouth, this full-bodied beauty is richly concentrated, with a sensuous texture somewhere between silky and velvety, while the softly dusty finish shows terrific length and a spine-tingling hint of licorice. To reduce this wine to deceptively simple yet hard-to-pin-down words, it's complex, harmonious and elegant, yet it's enough of its place that it could only come from Napa Valley."
—Joe Czerwinski-Wine Advocate
Appellation: Napa
Vintage: 2021
Variety: Cabernet Sauvignon
Region: California
Country: USA
Bottle Size: 750ml
Producer: Lail