Signature Reserve, Napa Valley (California) Cabernet Sauvignon 2021

 You may remember the days when the “store brand” at your favorite grocer was all that you could afford, and that sometimes the store brand was close to as good — or even just as good — as a splashier brand of the same sort of item.  Even today, I’ve had pretty good luck with certain “Signature Reserve” items at my local Vons/Albertsons, and this is a wine worthy of a solid recommendation.  Though 2021 was a low yield vintage in Napa Valley, it was a very good one, and it shows in this bottle.  You won’t find a structured, sense of place Napa Cabernet at this price anywhere else, but you will be happy that you did.  There is a fair amount of this out there, but it won’t last.