92pts Wine Spectator

Delivers a creamy wave of boysenberry, açaí berry and blackberry flavors gilded liberally with a glossy toast note. There's a flash of savory and bay buried in this lush, hyperripe style, offering contrast through the high-octane finish. Drink now through 2034. 1,335 cases made.

90pts Robert Parker's Wine Advocate

Still inky-hued despite its age, Quilt's 2018 The Grace of the Land Cabernet Sauvignon Reserve appears rather subdued and closed at this stage of its evolution, with muted aromas of loamy earth, cedar leading the way, but with some swirling, bolder notes of dark berries and black cherries charge to the fore. Full-bodied, ripe and supple, almost creamy in feel, it finishes richly textural—somewhere between dusty and velvety—with just a touch of warmth and hints of dark chocolate.

Wine Enthusiast

Rich flavors of mixed raspberries, sweet tobacco, cedar and cocoa coat the palate with a velvety texture and long, slightly bitter finish. This is a generous, full-bodied expression of Cabernet with a focus on boldness more than refinement.

James Suckling

Chewy and generously fruity with dark berries, sweet spices and dried berries. Full-bodied with drying tannins. Drink now.

Tasting Notes

Deep ruby red in color. Aromas of black currant, bright cherry, toffee, blackberry, marionberry pie and notes of dark chocolate. Rich and satisfying with flavors of boysenberry jam, black cherry pie filling, and cocoa layered with notes of vanilla and hazelnut. 

A full-bodied, Cabernet with layers of concentrated black fruit, bright acidity, and excellent balance. The stellar vintage is represented in this rich, aromatic, and smooth wine. The finish is long, velvety, and satisfying.

Pair with: Prime rib with sautéed mushrooms, pepper crusted grilled lamb, or short ribs with garlic polenta.

About the Wine

Our Cabernet Sauvignon garners its distinctive style from the diverse vineyards found in the mountains, bench lands, and valley floor of Napa Valley. The well-drained, nutrient-deprived soils found in each of these topographies stresses the vines, resulting in grapes with extraordinary color, texture, and flavor concentration. Blending these grapes allows us to bring together the unique terroir of each location and craft a wine that's greater than the sum of its parts, marrying the rm tannins and weight of the mountains with the supple fruit-forward notes of the valley floor while maintaining natural acidity.

For our 2018 Napa Valley Quilt Reserve, we tasted the developing wine throughout the fermentation and aging processes, then set aside the best 2% for this reserve bottling. Our lot selection was based on intensity, complexity and boldness of expression that could withstand a longer aging cycle and heavier use of new French oak.

Winemaker's Notes

For this Reserve wine, the winemaking begins when we call a pick. Regular visits and assessment of each block direct us to harvesting at the right moment. Our assessment consists of testing sugar levels, acidity and pH, but more importantly, waiting for phenolic/physiological maturity. We want to see hard, brown seeds, copper canes, and yellowing of the canopy with some slight dimpling from dehydration on the skins. is gives us the assurance we will have no green tones in the resulting wine and the structure and intensity will be at its height. 

Our final blend (100% Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon) is the result of numerous blind tastings and is the pinnacle of our Cabernet Sauvignon production.