STONES No. 1
The Perrarus Block 1 – Saint Helena Vineyard can be best described as a gravel bed of crushed rock, shaped like a football field. Pure drainage and extreme minerality and graphite profiles. Stones No. 1 also benefits from a special, and even more dense addition of a rare Clone 6 selection from our Perrarus Block 2 Pritchard Hill Vineyard.
2021
2021 STONES No. 1
100 PTS ~ Jeb Dunnuck
All Clone 6 Cabernet Sauvignon, the 2021 Cabernet Sauvignon Stones No. 1 comes from the Perrarus Block 1 on Pritchard Hill and was aged 22 months in 95% new French oak. It’s a regal, majestic Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon that has to-die-for aromatics of crème de cassis, graphite, smoked tobacco, and dark chocolate. These all carry to a full-bodied, powerful 2021 that has the vintage’s pure, focused mouthfeel, ripe, flawlessly balanced tannins, and incredible length on the finish. The level of class and overall seamlessness here, paired with incredible concentration and power, are something to behold. This beauty certainly tops out my scale, and while it will benefit from 4-5 years of bottle age, it’s going to have a lengthy 2-3 decades of overall longevity.
2019
2019 STONES No. 1
98 PTS ~ Jeb Dunnuck
More iron, red fruits, tobacco, and obvious minerality emerge from the 2019 Cabernet Sauvignon Stones No. 1, a 100% Cabernet Sauvignon from a site on Pritchard Hill. Aged 22 months in new barrels, it’s full-bodied, rich, and powerful, with serious tannins as well as concentration. It needs to be forgotten for 7-8 years if possible. This is serious, age-worthy Cabernet Sauvignon. drink 2029-2049
2018
2018 STONES No. 1
97 PTS ~ Jeb Dunnuck
From a site on Pritchard Hill and all Clone See of Cabernet Sauvignon, the 2018 Cabernet Sauvignon Stones No. 1 reveals a dense, purple color as well as killer notes of ripe blue fruits, toasted spices, chocolate, charcoal, and gravelly earth. With a full-bodied, opulent, incredibly sexy style, it's going to drink brilliantly for 20-25 years at a minimum. Drink 2021-2048
2017
2017 STONES No. 1
96 PTS ~ Jeb Dunnuck
Coming from the Perrarus Block 1 Saint Helena, the 2017 Cabernet Sauvignon Stones No. 1 is all Cabernet Sauvignon brought up in new French oak. It has a textbook bouquet from this site of ripe red and black fruits, dried flowers, loamy earth, flowery incense, and spice box, with just a hint of chocolate earth. Rich, full-bodied, and incredibly elegant, it's gorgeously balanced, with no hard edges and a great finish.
2016
2016 STONES No. 1
98 PTS ~ Jeb Dunnuck
Coming from the Perrarus Block 1 Las Piedras Vineyard, the 2016 Cabernet Sauvignon Stones No. 1 offers more black fruits, camphor, crushed rocks and graphite, with an almost Haut Brion-like cold fireplace character. It’s another full-bodied, seamless, layered wine from this estate that ticks all the right boxes. With building tannins, a multi-dimensional texture, thrilling purity, and a huge finish, it’s up with some of the top wines in the vintage and is an awesome, awesome wine.
Drink 2019 – 2044.
97 PTS ~ Robert Parker WA
The 2016 Stones No. 1 – Very deep garnet-purple, it has wonderful purity of cassis, fresh black plums and crushed blackberries notes with touches of lavender,
mocha, cigar box, underbrush and fungi plus a waft of rose hip tea. Full-bodied and firm with very finegrained tannins supporting the generous, wonderfully
vibrant fruit layers, it finishes long and perfumed.
Drink 2023 – 2052.
2015
2015 STONES No. 1
97 PTS ~ Robert Parker Wine Advocate
Very deep purple-black in color, the 2015 Stones No. 1 conjures notions of baked cherries, plum pudding and cloves. Full-bodied, rich and spicy in the mouth, it has a chewy frame and a lovely earthiness coming through on the long finish.
Drink 2017-2038.
2014
2014 STONES No. 1
96+ PTS ~ ROBERT PARKER JR
The extraordinary 2014 Cabernet Sauvignon Stones No. 1 is 100% Cabernet Sauvignon from what is called clone 4. Loads of graphite, crushed rock, tobacco leaf, scorched earth, blackberry and blueberry fruit soar from the glass of this fat, opulent, decadently intense wine, which has low acidity, tremendous purity, and hedonistic appeal.
Drink 2017-2036.
2013
2013 STONES No. 1
100 PTS ~ ROBERT PARKER JR
Absolutely perfect is the 2013 Cabernet Sauvignon Stones No. 1. The wine has that Mission Haut-Brion / Haut-Brion scorched-earth, gravelly, quarry-stone aromatics intermixed with blueberry, cassis and spring flowers. It is full-bodied with magnificent texture and concentration, stunning freshness, and a terrific finish that goes on for close to a minute. This is a surreal and compelling Cabernet Sauvignon.
Drink 2018-2045.
