About the Wine

This is the first and only individually appellated wine in the Yao Family portfolio, created exclusively for Premiere Napa Valley. From the Beckstoffer, Morisolli and Slaughterhouse vineyards This wine spent 24 months in 100% new French oak and is lightly fined but not sterile filtered. 2013 will be remembered as an historic, classic vintage in Napa Valley

Yao Family Wines sources the grapes for its Yao Ming Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon from prestigious Napa Valley vineyards with a reputation for excellent fruit and selects individual blocks to blend for flavor and texture in its world-class wines. The vineyards are located from north to south along the Napa Valley, where the variation in climate and soils provide the grapes with distinct characteristics that add complexity to the final blend.

Exclusive Premiere Napa Valley Wine
2016 Auction Lot #186: Only 5 cases produced
Premiere Napa Valley, the annual grand tasting and futures auction, helps the Napa Valley Vintners fund their efforts to promote, protect and enhance the Napa Valley appellation. These wines tell the stories of the soils, microclimates and remarkable personalities which make up the rich mosaic of Napa Valley. They represent the quality and innovation for which America's leading wine region has become known and are among the world's rarest wines. Each Premiere Napa Valley bottle is signed and numbered by the vintner. The wines are offered annually at auction only to restaurateurs and fine wine retailers. Wine.com participates has secured some of the country's most coveted barrel lots in each of the past six years.