No matter how well you may think you know Napa Valley, it’s still full of surprises.

Even us grizzled old veterans still find the occasional hidden gem, and this one from Cannatelli Wines is just that. Perhaps one of the smallest production estate Cabernets in Napa at under six barrels. Their vineyard is practically the size of a postage stamp. Usually, those kind of metrics lead to a typical $100+ bottle.

Most days that holds true for this one. But not today.

We have their LIBRARY 2015 VINTAGE at A BREATHTAKING 71% OFF!

We’ll wait for you to do the math… THAT’S UNDER $30 A BOTTLE!!!

If you like your Cabernet with lively black fruits and the complex tertiary aromas of leather, cedar, and tilled earth of a perfectly aged wine, consider it a done deal. Grab some now, check out, and come back for the details.

Judy & Len Cannatelli first came to Napa in 2010, and they knew instantly. They were going to move there. A year later, they did. And their new home came with a vineyard.

As the Napa Wine Project recounts, “Their tiny vineyard was already growing when they acquired the property – previously planted by Joe Wagner (son of Caymus Winery owner Chuck Wagner). The common phrase used in the wine industry when a vineyard is growing at one’s home is to refer to it as a ‘backyard vineyard’. Rather, their 1/4 of an acre home vineyard is in the front yard on the slopes just below the Silverado Trail on benchland soils slightly raised above the valley floor… And while their vineyard is small it sits in close proximity to vineyards of prominent stature including Gemstone, Cliff Lede and Robert Sinskey.”

They named the vineyard ‘Legacy Oaks’.

They started making wine the first year, but several vintages in they met winemaker Paul Colantouni while he was working in a neighboring vineyard. They instantly hit it off. While studying Chemical Engineering and Molecular Biology at Princeton, Colantuoni made an unconventional pivot towards winemaking. Starting at Robert Mondavi (after cold-calling Tim Mondavi asking for a job), he later went on to work at Nyers, then in France at Châteauneuf-du-Pape legend Domaine du Vieux Télégraphe, and Tuscany at Brancaia under Carlo Ferrini before returning to Napa and meeting the Cannatellis.

It was pure kismet.

As for the vintage, in a recent retrospective, James Suckling points out, “Napa Valley cabernet sauvignon in 2015 survived a roller coaster of extreme growing conditions from too hot to too cold to too early. With a light crop and a rushed harvest, the vintage had no right to be as good as it is now after 10-plus years. Most wines are fruity, drinkable and beginning to show pretty characteristics of maturity. They defied the odds.”

Pop this bottle and you’ll quickly see – this wine proves that point and then some!

Our wine tastings at HQ on a Fridays are often more boisterous than a house party in a 1980’s comedy. It gets loud. But this wine… THIS WINE stunned us into a silent contemplation. It pours a ruby purple with, aromas of blackberry and black cherry, leather, cedar, mocha, licorice, and so much more bursting from the glass. The palate is firm, lively, and super complex.

For THIS PRICE? It doesn’t get much better than this. The bad news?

If you’ve read this far, it may already be gone…