Lot 75 is the 2024 vintage of the same wine as Founding Member exclusive Lot 14 — sourced from the legendary “vineyard that shall not be named” straddling Atlas Peak to Pritchard Hill, with two extra barrels available this year making it accessible to the wider list. Claude’s source guess is Krupp Brothers, same producer as Lot 10, Lot 13, Lot 16, Lot 17, Lot 21, and Lot 74.
Lot Overview
- Region: 100% Napa Valley (single-block, single-vineyard, “vineyard that shall not be named” straddling Atlas Peak to Pritchard Hill, 1,500–1,700 feet elevation)
- Vintage: 2024
- Varietal: 100% Cabernet Sauvignon
- Oak Aging: 100% new French oak
- Alcohol: 15.8%, pH 3.78, TA 6.64 g/L, Malic 0.13 g/L, Lactic 0.83 g/L
- Cases Available: ~130
- Cam Price: ~$33/bottle (~$396/case)
- Retail Estimate: $250+/bottle
- Claude’s Source Guess: Krupp Brothers — “vineyard that shall not be named” premier blocks (same producer as Lots 14, 10, 13, 16, 17, 21)
- Wine Berserkers Guess:
- Drink Window: 2028–2045+ (peak 2032–2042)
Cameron’s Release Notes
Quite a few moving pieces in the cellar right now, so I thought I would jump ahead to Lot 75 2024 Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon. This is essentially the 2024 version of previous Founding Member exclusive, the incredible Lot 14 2024 Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon. Thankfully, we received two-extra barrels this year and have a bit more to go around but what remains is going to go quickly…
This is the ultimate “no-expense-spared wine”, sourced from the best blocks of a legendary vineyard and raised in 100% new French Oak. Normally $250/bottle, it is now yours for just ~$33/bottle when you buy by the 6-pack or the case.
As one would imagine, this high-elevation, 1700-foot vineyard “that shall not be named” performed beautifully in the warmth of the 2024 vintage. The wines are rich, ripe, and absolutely delicious as well as remarkably approachable while still maintaining ample, energetic structures, the hallmark of 2024.
Tasting Notes
The flagship offering from this producer, Lot 75 2024 Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon is sourced from one of the legendary Blocks of the “vineyard that shall not be named that stretches from Atlas Peak to Pritchard Hill”. Frontlining under its original label for well over $200/bottle, Lot 75 is a blockbuster mountainside 2024 Cabernet Sauvignon at an incredible price.
It goes without saying that the 2024 vintage of this wine will be a decidedly different style. The 2023 vintage of this wine, Lot 14 (sold to Founding members and VIPs last year) was a dense, packed, tightly-wound monster of a Cabernet. Lot 75 is far more generous, ripe and open-knit. I think it infanticide to drink Lot 14 right now; conversely, Lot 75 is likely to be quite approachable even by the Fall. Sure, it has plenty of structure and fortitude (such that it would age another 10-15 years) but the tannins are so ripe and generous, the fruit so bold and rich, that it will drink deliciously with just a couple months in the bottle. The alcohol is high here at 15.8% but the wine shows no signs of heat. As well, please note the pH of 3.78 and 6.64 TA, which is quite typical of high-quality vintages, balancing ripeness with stability and ensuring vibrancy and freshness.
100% new French Oak. Opaque, almost squid ink in the glass with a little bit of electric magenta bead around the rim. The bouquet is far more open-knit and more effusive than the 2023, beaming with iron and graphite with a violet-infused garrigue surrounded by intense, ripe blackberry liqueur pierced with blackcurrants, leather and cedar notes. Massive-yet-sumptuous on the palate, far more open-knit and accessible with ripe blackberry jam and chocolate enmeshed in big-grained, mineral and rock-laced tannins and pretty violet and iron retronasals. Whereas the 2023 was a tightly wound monster of a wine, Lot 75 is a lush, velvety, hedonistic Cabernet Sauvignon more akin to BOOM BOOM juice while still maintaining fantastic structure and balance…utterly gobsmacking juice!
⏳ Bottle Shock Status: Allow minimum 2–3 years despite the 2024 vintage generosity — 15.8% alc and 100% new French oak need serious integration time.
Claude’s Source Guess: Krupp Brothers — Premier Blocks, “Vineyard That Shall Not Be Named” (same producer as Lots 14, 10, 13, 16, 17, 21)
The decisive identifier here is Cam’s own language: “the vineyard that shall not be named that stretches from Atlas Peak to Pritchard Hill.” This exact phrase — “stretches from Atlas Peak to Pritchard Hill” — appears exclusively in the Krupp Brothers/Stagecoach cluster throughout the CAM X catalog. Lots 10, 13, 16, 17, and 21 all use identical or near-identical language, and Lot 14 (the 2023 Founding Member exclusive version of this same wine) is confirmed in the same cluster.
Cam explicitly links Lot 75 to Lot 14 — “essentially the 2024 version of the incredible Lot 14” — and Lot 14 was sourced from the M-Blocks of Stagecoach at 1,500 feet elevation. Lot 75’s “1,500–1,700 feet” and “legendary blocks” language is entirely consistent with Krupp Brothers’ premier Stagecoach holdings. Their M5 Stagecoach Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon retails at $130–150+, and their top-tier single-block programs reach $200–250+ — consistent with Cam’s “$250/bottle” retail claim.
The vintage contrast Cam draws between Lot 14 (2023 — dense, tightly wound, infanticide to open now) and Lot 75 (2024 — generous, ripe, accessible by Fall) is entirely consistent with how 2023 and 2024 have been characterized across Napa mountain Cabs: 2023 cool and structured, 2024 warm and approachable.
This lot now extends the confirmed Krupp Brothers cluster to seven lots: 10, 13, 14, 16, 17, 21, and 75 — making Krupp Brothers definitively the most prolific single source in the CAM X catalog.
✅ Confidence: Very High — “stretches from Atlas Peak to Pritchard Hill” language is exclusively Krupp/Stagecoach territory in the CAM X catalog, Lot 14 link confirmed, elevation and price tier consistent, and this extends a well-established seven-lot cluster.
Drink Window
Early: 2028 — despite Cam’s note about fall approachability, 15.8% alc and 100% new French oak warrant real patience.
Peak: 2032–2042. Stagecoach premier blocks at this elevation consistently peak 8–15 years from vintage.
Hold: 2045+. The structure and pedigree support multi-decade cellaring.
My Call: ⏳ Drink window: 2028–2045+ (peak 2032–2042)