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Au Sommet Cabernet Sauvignon

Au Sommet

2024 Au Sommet Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon

Au Sommet (o-so-may)...To the top, the very highest point at which we excel at what we do!

We are pleased to offer you a 3-bottle allocation of Au Sommet 2024.

Our estate production of this wine remains quite limited due to our intense farming practices. From this vintage forward, we have altered the blend slightly. Five years ago, we planted an acre of Cabernet Franc and this is the first vintage that includes a small percentage (97% Cabernet Sauvignon, 3% Cabernet Franc). We believed that the Cabernet Franc gives the blend more backbone. The Petit Verdot will be going into other wines. We produced 475 cases.

The 2024 growing season, similar to 2023, blessed us with ideal temperatures and a well-timed, abundant rainfall. Au Sommet Cabernet Sauvignon remains highly unique in Napa Valley in terms of flavor profile. The high elevation and deep volcanic soils combine to produce well-structured fruit that is mineral/terroir-driven. Mountain fruit typically exhibits a more complex tannin component than valley fruit due to the smaller berries and higher ratio of skin to juice. Au Sommet is not an opulent, over-bearing, or massive fruit-driven wine. It is refined, elegant, austere, with multiple layers of flesh and perfumed tension that create a mouthfeel unlike any other Cabernet Sauvignon. It is pure and balanced with a long life ahead of it.

We produced a couple dozen 1.5L Magnums and even fewer 5L Jeroboams. All of our larger bottles are hand-signed by Heidi and available on a first-in basis.

To reserve your allocation, download the below order form or call 707-251-5820.

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98
Points
Lisa Perrotti-Brown M.W.
2023 Vintage
"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 M.W., The Wine Palate, February 2026
96
Points
Antonio Galloni
2023 Vintage
"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
James Suckling
2023 Vintage
"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, James Suckling,
August 2025
95
Points
Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
2023 Vintage
"Au Sommet's 2023 Cabernet Sauvignon offers up cherries, cherries and more cherries. Yes, there's some vanilla, too. It may be a bit too simple now, but while its approachability makes it tempting, try to hold off for five or more years. This medium- to full-bodied wine is framed by silky tannins, shows ample concentration and should be delicious down the road. This Heidi Barrett-made wine from high on Atlas Peak is a blend of 97% Cabernet Sauvignon and 3% Petit Verdot."
- Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, October 2025