Ruston Cabernet Sauvignon La Maestra St. Helena Napa Valley 2018

With less than 200 cases ever made, and hailing a stone’s throw from Spottswoode on Saint Helena’s western bench – this Robbie Meyer-made Cab is a WONDER! 

The Ruston family’s tiny, 3.6-acre vineyard sits in the sweetest spot in all of St. Helena – on a western benchland site that rests between the rocky foothills of the Mayacamas Mountains and the meandering brook of Sulphur Springs Creek. You’ll find some small, but pristine vineyards here – with many going all the way back to the earliest days of grape growing in Napa. Spottswoode, Gallica, Hayne, Anomaly, and Marciano Estate…this is a well-guarded enclave of some of Napa’s best! 

93+ points from Robert Parker is a HUGE deal – especially when you make less than two hundred cases each year. This stands as the winery’s flagship – their most age-worthy and expressive bottling from the best parcels on the estate – and though the winery rightly sells this for $120 a bottle…we’re backflipping in our brains to bring this your way for UNDER $50! In the deft and capable hands of Robbie Meyer (Peter Michael, Del Dotto, Jericho Canyon, Malk, Pierson Meyer…YEEEESH!), this rich, inky, MONSTER of Valley Floor Cabernet is just shining! If you want to learn a thing or two about what Saint Helena Cabernet is all about…La Maestra is here to put class in session!!! 

While it lasts!