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Scarecrow Cabernet Sauvignon Rutherford Napa Valley 2023
Scarecrow Cabernet Sauvignon Rutherford Napa Valley 2023

Reviews

100 -The Wine Independent -

98+ -Jeb Dunnuck -

Technical Details

  • Blend 99% Cabernet Sauvignon, 1% Petit Verdot.
  • Winemaker Celia Welch
  • Country US
  • Region California
  • Sub Region North Coast
  • Appellation Rutherford
  • Vineyard J.J. Cohn Estate
  • Farming Method Sustainable Practices
  • Oak 70% new French oak barrels
  • Aging / Cooperage 21 months
  • Alcohol 14.9%
  • Production 1,800 cases

Scarecrow Cabernet Sauvignon Rutherford Napa Valley 2023

Cabernet Sauvignon | California

TWI100, JD98+

Sustainable Practices

$1,200.00

$849.00

750ML

29% OFF RETAIL!

Scarecrow is without question one of the finest, most collectible, and prestigious Cabernet Sauvignon producers in the history of Napa Valley. Celia Welch is the winemaking superstar behind this coveted Rutherford vineyard bottling, and Domenick Bianco is the vineyard manager, ensuring the fruit from this revered J.J. Cohn estate reflects the very best that Rutherford, Napa, and beyond has to offer. A singular wine that is always among the top stars in every Napa Valley vintage since 2003 – Scarecrow is a wonder of a showpiece in any collection.

The vineyard sits on the iconic west side of Rutherford and was once a part of the historic Niebaum estate, where Inglenook was founded. It was the legendary Napa visionary John Daniels, Jr., who originally convinced J.J. Cohn to plant vines on his property, and over the years, the fruit has made the wines of Inglenook, Opus One, Duckhorn, and Joseph Phelps’ Insignia better than they otherwise would have been.

We have the undeniably exceptional 2023 vintage on offer today – with 100 POINTS and loads of power, finesse, and concentration. This is a bottling that is seriously cult-y and beyond worthy of your collection – but move with all haste – we have only twelve bottles remaining. These are as limited as you might imagine, with competitive pricing that is sure to surprise and delight even the most jaded collector! 

About The Producer

The Scarecrow story begins in a patch of earth with a fabled past. The J.J. Cohn Estate, where Scarecrow grapes are born, borders what was once the legendary vineyard of Inglenook winemaker Gustave Niebaum, whose plantings blanketed more than 1,000 acres of the Napa Valley at the close of the 19th century. John Daniel Jr. took the helm at Inglenook in 1939, determined to restore the label to pre-Prohibition standing and produce world-class Bordeaux-style wines. In 1945, Daniel convinced his neighbor, J.J. Cohn, to plant eighty acres of Cabernet vines on the 180-acre parcel Cohn had purchased a few years prior. The property served as a summer retreat for Cohn's wife and their family. He had no ambitions to become a winemaker himself, but Daniel promised to buy his grapes, so Cohn planted vines. The rest, as they say, is history. J.J. Cohn Estate grapes are highly sought-after in part because Cohn bucked the trend, begun in the mid- 1960s, of replacing vines planted on St. George rootstock with the supposedly superior AxR#I hybrid. Over time, vines grafted onto this new stock proved highly vulnerable to phylloxera. But by then, virtually all of the old St. George vines in Napa had been destroyed. Only the original 1945 J.J. Cohn vines survived. These highly prized "Old Men" continue to produce uncommonly rich fruit -the hallmark of Scarecrow wine.