Rarities Offering: Bella Oaks Vineyard
Vintages 1996, 1997, and 1998
Welcome to your personal allocation of Bella Oaks Vineyard Rarities Offering. These vintages represent the pinnacle of our winemaking heritage, each bottle a testament to the exceptional terroir of Bella Oaks and the meticulous craftsmanship of our winemakers. Kindly note, the wines are limited and are available on a first-come, first-served basis.
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1996 Bella Oaks Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon
Limit: 6 Bottles
The 1996 vintage reveals Bella Oaks at its most classical, shaped by tension, freshness, and finely woven structure. The vineyard’s red-fruited profile feels especially vivid, layered with cedar, tea leaf, and Rutherford dust in a wine of remarkable precision and composure.
1997 Bella Oaks Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon
Limit: 6 Bottles
The 1997 vintage offers a warmer and more generous interpretation, broadening the fruit profile while retaining the vineyard’s inherent restraint. Richer and more enveloping in texture, it remains poised, illustrating how site can preserve identity even in a more opulent growing season.
1998 Bella Oaks Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon
Limit: 6 Bottles
The 1998 vintage is contemplative and nuanced, cooler in expression and deeply site-driven. Savory aromatics, dried florals, lifted red fruit, and quiet persistence define a wine whose beauty lies not in scale, but in subtlety and detail.
