The prestigious Game Ranch Vineyard is situated in the famed Oakville appellation in the heart of the Napa Valley. Located on an old river bottom on the eastern bench of the Silverado Trail, the vineyard is made up of very rocky, well draining soils. In this stressful, low moisture environment, the vines struggle to put everything they can into the development of the fruit. With perfect control over the watering of this vineyard site we are able to coax the vines to produce grapes of great concentration and exceptional quality.

Nick Goldschmidt selected four barrels of wine from the 2006 vintage that he felt were truly exceptional. This wine is 100% Cabernet Sauvignon and is aged in 100% new French Oak for 12 months, then, gently gravity racked into a second, new French Oak barrel for an additional 12 months. We used tight- grain, medium toast, Allier barrels. The wine was then hand bottled directly from the barrels, unfined and unfiltered. Only 194 six-packs produced.