A Confidential Yountville Cabernet Release at $39.95

The smallest production Anonymous wine we've bottled so far, this was a unique opportunity to grab just a few hand-picked barrels of incredible Cabernet all for ourselves! The Yountville Cabernet comes from a small, organically farmed, single vineyard just off the Silverado Trail, on the eastern side of the valley. The vineyard is right on the border of the Yountville and Stag's Leap AVAs, and sits right next to famous neighbors such as Kapcsandy and Cliff Lede's Poetry Vineyard.

This wine was made by a one-man show producer, in a small, humble winery. The blend consists of just a few barrels of single-vineyard Yountville Cabernet.

This Cabernet is a picture of balance and class. The refinement here is stunning. Pure aromas of cassis, huckleberry, lavender, hints of bay laurel, cigar box tones and graphite. The palate has a lovely purity of fruit, but also some wonderful savory complexity and rocky mineral elements from the site's volcanic alluvium soils. Legit fruit, from a great vineyard, crafted by hand with passion and precision.

— Ryan Woodhouse, K&L Domestic Wine Buyer

2023 Anonymous Wine Collective Yountville Cabernet Sauvignon (Elsewhere $120) ($39.95)

K&L Notes: The Anonymous Wine Collective project is all about giving folks access to incredible wines at incredible prices. It's about partnering with winemakers with upfront commitments to secure unique parcels of wine, then getting them in bottle with the least amount of wasted expense possible. We're cutting out the middlemen. We don't have a luxurious tasting room to pay for. We don't have a six-figure marketing budget to inflate our bottle costs. We work directly with wineries to secure great wines, from the source and bring them directly to you. We protect our sources by keeping quiet about the vineyards or winemakers behind them because often times our Anonymous bottlings sell for a fraction of the price you would normally pay under the typical label. The Yountville Cabernet comes from a small, organically farmed, single vineyard just off the Silverado Trail, on the eastern side of the valley. The vineyard is right on the border of Yountville and Stag's Leap AVAs and sits right next to famous neighbors such as Kapcsandy and Cliff Lede's Poetry Vineyard. The wine was a tiny, four-barrel selection of just 104 total cases.

Aaron Hughes | K&L Staff Member | Review Date: November 24, 2025

The nose is fairly plush, the fruit is expressive with blackberry, black cherry, some dusky dark fruit in the very back. The whole thing is rimmed by barrel spice and a little bit of oak toast, with a light little touch of that creamy vanilla at the very far edges. So far I'm impressed, this has a depth and pedigree that I can sense but not knowing who the producer is, or the fruit sourcing, I'm definitely just kind of relying on my experience. The palate is supple, and the fruit is present but is both working with and vying against the barrel spice and toast, there's a good amount of oak here but all the tannins are super well refined and integrated, there's drying but it's not fighting against the fruit or acid it's all harmonious. It is one. I like this a lot, it's got a little more polish and sophistication than our straight Napa Anonymous release and I could definitely see upgrading myself when the situation calls for it. This is also for someone who likes a little more dusky Cabernet Sauvignon, something a little more lithe and with a slightly better balance. Don't get me wrong, I love them both, but wines are kind of like a tool in that you want the right one for the right job.