New from K&L: Off The Record #001, Napa Cab, 97 Pts, $65 Off

A Leap of Faith Well Worth Taking: Off the Record

From the buyer

Ryan Woodhouse

Two years ago, we launched the Anonymous Wine Collective. For the first time in 30 years, we created a new in-house label that allowed us to leverage decades of relationships in the wine business, partner with top wineries and winemakers, and bring exceptional wines to our customers for a fraction of their typical retail price—with one important condition: the source of the wine would remain Anonymous. Today, we embark on another first: Off The Record.

Off The Record shares some of the same DNA as Anonymous, but with a different twist. Unlike Anonymous, these wines arrive exactly as the winery released them, original label and all. In exchange for access to exceptional pricing, we are sworn to secrecy about their identity until the bottle is in your hands.

Not just any wine will qualify. To even be considered for Off The Record, a wine must be world-class, ultra-premium, highly acclaimed, and backed by a stellar reputation. We thought long and hard about this concept because it is not something we enter into lightly. We understand that an offer like this requires trust on your part. Trust we hope we have built over the past 50 years. Trust that recognizes we would only ever ask you to buy a wine without knowing its name if the opportunity was simply too good to pass up. That is our promise with Off The Record.

When we ask you to take that leap of faith, we will have already done our meticulous due diligence. We have tasted the wine, vetted the pedigree, considered the pricing, and determined that the value is truly extraordinary. If we're willing to keep the name Off The Record, it's because we know you'll be thrilled when the bottle arrives.

And for our inaugural offer, we have a wine that has proven its worthiness in every regard. This is a wine of serious prestige and excellence: a single-vineyard, estate-grown Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon from a highly renowned producer with 100-point winemaking pedigree. This particular bottling is rarely offered outside the winery's mailing list and tasting room. It comes from the exceptional 2021 Napa Valley vintage, and this exact wine earned 97-point scores from both Decanter and Vinous, along with multiple additional 95+ point reviews from other leading critics. Among the words used to describe it:

“Show-stopper.” “Sumptuous.” “Seriously impressive.” “Exceptionally well-balanced.” “Brilliant.”

The winery sells this exact bottle for $145. Your Off The Record price: $79.95.

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97DC / 97VN

$79.95 (Compare to $145 Elsewhere)

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