Alma de Cattleya, Napa Valley (California) Cabernet Sauvignon 2022

 I believe this is a first for the label — reaching over the mountains into Napa Valley to source the fruit.  As usual, the winemaking shows a guiding rather than a manipulating hand, allowing a pure fruit and mineral expression with small enhancements of oak toast and accents recalling green pepper and spice.  It is well placed price wise, in the bottom tier for the appellation, but the quality lands well above that.  It is always fun to slide a wine like this into a blind flight of pricier neighbors.