Lot 1 - 2023 Eco Tereno Lyon Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon
Lot 2 - 2022 B Cellars Giannone Vineyard Cabernet
Lot 3 - 2023 Bell Wine Cellars Cabernet Sauvignon Reserve
Lot 4 - 2023 Platt Vineyard (AXA Millésimes - TRB) Chardonnay
Lot 5 - 2023 Peter Michael L’Esprit des Pavots
Lot 6 - Sonoma Coast Rose
Lot 7 - 2023 Paul Hobbs Coombsville Cabernet (and blended in SVD)
Lot 8 - 2023 Obsidian Wine Pinot Noir Poseidon Estate
Lot 9 - 2023 Cliff Lede Chardonnay Napa Valley
Lot 10 - 2023 Krupp Brothers “New Icon”
Lot 11 - Ramey Chardonnay Russian River Valley
Lot 12 - 2023 Ovid Experiment Cabernet or Bryant Estate Cab/DB4 Blend or Realm
Lot 13 - 2023 Krupp Brothers Water Witch
Lot 15 - 2023 One Acre Rock Cairn vs Ghost Block Oakville Estate Cabernet
Lot 16 - 2023 Kerr Stagecoach Syrah (Keplinger/Casey Byrne) or Venge I-4 Syrah Stagecoach or B Cellars Stagecoach Syrah (Venge/Derek Taylor) or Krupp Brothers Estates Syrah Black Bart Stagecoach (assumes Julien Fayard is still consulting)???
Updated list. Need to start another CamXCellar or a similar free blog.
Reputation: Known for high-quality red wines including Malbec.
Recent Release: Their 2022 Rutherford Malbec was featured in VinePair’s top Malbecs of 2025, praised for its texture and savory wild berry profile
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Why It Fits: They have the winemaking style and vineyard access to produce a small-lot, oak-aged Malbec blend like the one you described.
2. Rutherford Hill Winery
Location: Rutherford AVA
Known For: Bordeaux varietals including Malbec and Petit Verdot.
Recent Bottlings: Their 2021 Malbec is listed at $65 and fits the profile of a premium, small-production wine
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Why It Fits: They have the facilities and vineyard sourcing to produce a 238-case bottling with the oak and varietal breakdown you mentioned.
3. Sullivan Rutherford Estate
Location: Rutherford, Napa Valley
Oak Program: Frequently uses 60% new French oak in blends.
Varietals: Known for blending Malbec and Petit Verdot with Cabernet Sauvignon.
Why It Fits: Their winemaking style and oak regimen align closely with your wine’s profile, though they typically produce blends rather than varietal Malbecs
The 2021 Rutherford Ranch Malbec got mixed with 24% Cabernet. Not saying this is not the 2022, but would that change the blend that much one year later?
The Peju tech sheet lists the AVA as ‘Napa Valley’ - are you sure that malbec is from their home Rutherford vineyard instead of purchased fruit? Either way, I feel like Cam typically touts ‘estate’ whenever possible and didn’t do so here…so think we’re looking for a $75 Rutherford Malbec made from purchased fruit (so that would eliminate Round Pond, this Peju guess, etc.). Just my opinion.
It appears that Melrose Vineyard has been single-vineyard designated by both Adobe Road & Jean Edwards (each with price-tags around $75)…just not in the past few years that I can currently locate? That said, Cam also typically touts ‘single vineyard’ whenever possible and didn’t do so here either…so neither of those guesses are solid either…and I have a hard time imagining a winery charging $75 for their malbec if not single-vineyard-designated.
This guess is turning out to be much more difficult than I initially anticipated. Love it!
Yeah, not sure, but could easily be it’s just one of their lots from one of their estate vineyards. Either way, I like discourse and don’t have a perfect guess.
Amazing that no one has tasted a single one of these CAM X wines so far and we dive into the river as lemmings ready to blindly order in anticipation(s). Four cases of Malbec headed to the SC upstate (mine, son, two friends)