Au Sommet, Napa Valley

Au Sommet is a partnership between Heidi Peterson Barrett, John Schwartz and Jim Barbour and is a Cabernet Sauvignon and Petit Verdot blend from our seven acre vineyard on top of Atlas Peak in the acclaimed Napa Valley.

2023 Vintage Accolades

98 Points

"The 2023 Cabernet Sauvignon Au Sommet is made from 97% Cabernet Sauvignon and 3% Petit Verdot. Deep garnet-purple colored, it needs a lot of swirling and coaxing to bring out classic notes of black-currant jelly, boysenberry preserves, and wild blueberries, leading to hints of dark chocolate, licorice, lilacs, and fertile loam. The full-bodied palate is concentrated and taut with muscular black-fruit layers, supported by very firm, grainy tannins and great tension, finishing very long and earthy."
- Lisa Perrotti-Brown, The Wine Palate, February 2026

96 Points

"The 2023 Au Sommet is fabulous. It's bright and aromatic, with lovely undertones of blue/purplish fruit, lavender, mint and sweet spice. Floral and mineral shadings build into a long finish shaped by filigreed tannins. It's an exquisite, nuanced Cabernet Sauvignon. Superb."
- Antonio Galloni, Vinous, November 2025

96 Points

"So charming and elegant, especially for a Napa Valley cabernet, with a nervy, firm structure and great acidity framing fresh red fruits and savory notes, as well as earth and toast nuances. Fine-grained tannins around fresh cherry, cranberry, sour-cherry, black-olive and blackcurrant flavors. Drinkable now and best from 2030."
- Jim Gordon, Executive Editor, JamesSuckling.com, August 2025