Single vineyard Napa Cab well under $20 thanks to Costco! We review the latest vintage of the Kirkland Signature Suscol Vineyard Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon.
Single vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon from the Suscol Vineyard in Napa Valley, California.
This Kirkland Signature wine is available exclusively at Costco for $17.99.
Today we’re checking out the most recent vintage of this very interesting find at Costco – single vineyard Napa Cab from a well-known vineyard. Cakebread, Alta and Nickel & Nickel wineries are just a few that source from the Suscol Vineyard with their bottlings going for $60 and up.
And while we enjoyed the 2020 vintage, we couldn’t recommend the 2021 due to abundance of green notes and a weird, unpleasant smoky, mesquite note on the finish. Let’s see how the 2022 measures up. Right off the bat we notice that the alcohol is significantly lower at just 13% versus 14.5%
This wine is made for Costco by Jeff McBride who is the former VP of Winemaking at Benziger Family Winery.
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From the bottle:
The Suscol Vineyard is located in southern Napa Valley. It has a cool mountain climate that produces a full rich cabernet sauvignon profile. Select blocks from the Suscol Vineyard, depicted in gold on the front of the bottle, were used to create this wine, containing aromas of plum, blackberry and mocha coffee framed by vibrant acidity and length.
Jeff McBride, WinemakerCellared & Bottled by DC Flynt MW Selections
13% Alcohol
The 2022 Kirkland Signature Suscol Vineyard Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon begins with a pleasing aroma of ripe blackberry and other dark berry fruit, some dusty spice and a touch of coffee and a green herbal note.
Taking a sip reveals rich fruit, well-integrated spice and good structure. It features similar flavors to the nose with juicy acidity. Great right from the first pop and pour, this is quite tasty and checks all the boxes.
It ends dry, grippy, quite long and savory with dusty spice lingering under the fruit. At only $18 this is a great value for a single vineyard wine from Napa.
On day 2 it developed just a touch of a smoky mesquite note but not the overwhelming, off-putting one like the 2021.
This is light years better than the 2021, which we couldn’t recommend, and also even better then the 2020 we previously reviewed.
2022 Kirkland Signature Suscol Vineyard Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon
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