2017 Rocca Family Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon Grigsby Vineyard Yountville Napa Valley

“We need to get this in right away.” 

That’s what our VP of Wine, Eduardo Dingler, said about the 2017 Rocca Family Vineyards Grigsby Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon—it earned immediate and unanimous approval from our Wine Team.  

Boasting a Spectator score identical to those of Bryant Family and Grace Family, grown organically near Gemstone and Kapcsándy in a prime cut of Yountville, it’s a bold, opulent, fruit-driven, single-vineyard Cabernet absolutely packed with black cherry, boysenberry, and fig flavors

In 1996, Mary Rocca purchased a 21-acre property situated in the northwest corner of the intersection of Yountville Cross Road and the Silverado Trail, just a five-iron from the Stags Leap line. The site, Grigsby Vineyard, proved to be magical for growing Bordeaux varieties. While summer days can be blistering hot, marine breezes and fog from San Pablo Bay temper the July and August sun, allowing for extended hang-time.

Rocca recruited one of Napa’s most renowned winemakers, Celia Welch, to make the first vintages. In 2007, they hired Paul Colantuoni—a talented up-and-comer seasoned by stints at Mondavi, Neyers, Vieux Télégraphe, and Brancaia—to take the baton and craft the wine. Colantuoni grew up with an appreciation for wine thanks to his Italian father and Italian-American mother, and has been the key to Rocca’s consistent quality over the years.

Feedback from our members about Rocca Family’s bottlings is consistently terrific, with customers saying things like “An excellent wine for the $…every glass was better than the last,” and “Fabulous! Dense and opaque, Bold black fruit nose and plenty of complexity and concentration.” We have ZERO doubt that this opulent, juicy—and frankly, downright Caymus-like—Cabernet is going to get a similar reaction.

• Fruit Intensity
• Oak Intensity
• Body
• Acidity
• Tannin

• ABV 14.90%
• Enjoy right away
• Now – 2027
• 100% Cabernet Sauvignon
• Serving temperature – 62°
• Cork