Cameron Hughes Lot 120 Cabernet Sauvignon 2006

This is another "wow" wine from the mountain districts of Napa Valley. The Atlas Peak Cabernet is a bottling blend that we did nothing to but bottle as the winery projections for $85 cabernet faded. The wine saw 51% new, 39% one year-old, and 10% 2 year-old 59 gallon French oak barrels. The grapes were grown at elevations between 1,400 and 2,400 feet in poor soils well above the fogline. Again, sourced from an $85/bottle program and potentially our best cabernet to date - certainly up there with Lots 16 and 47 - and, in my opinion, better. Drink or hold, you've got 15+ years of cellar capability on this wine.