Best-Buy Napa Valley: Over 40% Off Rutherford Collectible

2021 Sullivan "Coeur de Vigne - Estate" Rutherford Cabernet Sauvignon (Elsewhere $90) $49.95

94 points Wine Enthusiast: "Cassis and blueberries, dark chocolate and spiced cocoa are carried on a framework of durable tannins into a persistent finish. This wine will do well with decanting to help open up its flavors, or can be held in cellar for several more years. Drink 2028-2038."

94 points Wine Spectator: "***#75 on the Top 100 Wines of 2024*** Ripe and structured but fresh in feel, with a lovely, pure beam of cassis driving through, supported by mouthwatering apple wood, savory and iron details along the way. This red offers cut and drive, with the fruit lingering the longest thanks to a light hand with the toast. Very Rutherford. Drink now through 2038. (JM)"

Ryan Woodhouse | K&L Staff Member | Review Date: January 13, 2025

I'm so please to be back with a fantastic price on this beautiful estate grown Rutherford Cab! A past favorite here at K&L, a few years back we offered the 2018 vintage of this wine with great reception, and get this, we now actually have an even sharper price on the 2021 release! There aren't many situations like that with inflation the way it's been! But hey, it's a new year and we've got our nose to the ground sniffing for the best deals out there! Sullivan has a wonderful estate right in the heart of the Rutherford, with prime gravelly loam soils and plenty of that signature Rutherford Dust. What I think makes this wine so loved is the combination of rich, succulent fruit from this relatively warm, up-valley site, combined with savory, dusty, soil driven notes and hints of leather and dried herbs. It's lush and round with ripe fruit abounding, but doesn't get confectionary as it's grounded by earthy minerals and a nice core and grippy tannins. This wine really shows its sense of place and the quality of the small but beautiful 2021 vintage. At 50% less than the winery SRP, and well under the best prices in the market, this is a legit deal in quality, pedigreed Rutherford Cab.

Aaron Hughes | K&L Staff Member | Review Date: January 12, 2025

Gobs of lush and ripe black currant on the nose, perfectly fresh and delightful, underneath that plummy fruit and plum skin. The oak is supremely well integrated, the start of the palate soft with dense bramble-fruit and then just a soft tannic grip on the finish, hints of tobacco and tea leaves mingling with the dense cassis and a touch of oak spice. While it could lay down and age for a little while longer, this is just begging for a richer cut of steak next to a fat potato and something green so you can tell Mom you did.