Helmed by Napa’s finest.
Matt Hardin has managed some of Napa’s most iconic vineyards. Thomas Rivers Brown has crafted some of Napa’s most celebrated and scored wines. They’re each at the absolute top of their game, and in fifteen years working together, they’ve teamed up on projects like Maybach, Outpost, Pulido-Walker, Casa Piena, and Caterwaul.
Once owned by the Hardin family matriarch, this vineyard represents some of the best Sauvignon Blanc in California.
Often reserved for pricier varietals, the loamy soils and diurnal temperature swings at Hardin Ranch create an unexpected, elevated profile.
Matt handpicked this 18-acre plot on the hillsides of Wallace Ranch for its exceptional Cabernet-growing potential. It didn’t earn its name from Adobe soils, it’s where a big Adobe house once stood back in the early 1800s.
This site contains vineyard blocks planted to Matt and Thomas Rivers Brown’s exact specifications, the same ones they’d use for the highest-end vineyards in Napa Valley.
For Matt, Section 15 feels like home. It’s part of the Wallace Ranch, where he grew up, and the first vineyard he ever managed.
It’s planted in classic clone 7 Cabernet Sauvignon where alluvial and colluvial soils collide on the banks of Pope Creek.
Regusci Block 1 overlooks the Napa Valley from the hills of Stag’s Leap District. It’s a slice of Alicia’s childhood home and family property.
The site is located on the shoulder of a western facing slope planted in the mid-90s with clone 15.
There’s the Napa Valley you know, then there’s Section 15. Hidden in rolling hills, surrounded by ancient oak trees, it’s a secluded grape-growing paradise. You won’t hear the bustle of Highway 29 here—just birds warbling, insects flitting, and wind sweeping the tall grasses as temperatures drop with the setting sun. It’s pure, peaceful, and bursting with exceptional Cabernet Sauvignon.
No one knows this site like grower Matt Hardin. He was born and raised here, so he’s had his hands in the alluvial and colluvial soils since he was a kid. So he knows exactly how the Clone 7 Cabernet develops a stunning depth of flavor in the Pope Valley’s sweltering afternoons, and acidic structure during cool nights. At once vibrant and intricate, this wine pairs classic Napa refinement with a touch of wild exuberance.
Stags Leap District’s Regusci Vineyard occupies some of Napa Valley’s most historic property, land that growers have coveted for nearly a century. Backed up against the Eastern Hillside, it’s punctuated by rocky outcroppings that absorb heat during the day and release it overnight, letting grapes ripen slowly as they develop complexity.
We walked the rows, tested the soils, tasted the fruit, and out of those 238 exquisite acres, we picked 1.5 of the absolute best. Well-draining volcanic soils define the plot, stressing the vines into bringing forth densely concentrated Cabernet Sauvignon. Benchmark, flagship, exemplar—whatever you want to call it, this is a seriously powerful, opulent bottle.
