Lot 100 is the milestone offering of the CAM X catalog — a 2024 Spring Mountain District Cabernet that Cam and winemaker Katie both stopped in their tracks over on first sniff, describing it as the perfect stylistic amalgam of the structured 2023 and generous 2024 vintages. Details redacted per Cam’s request — Spring Mountain community is small. See also: Lot 39, Lot 44, Lot 45, Lot 46, Lot 47, Lot 49, Lot 94, Lot 95.
Lot Overview
- Region: 98% Spring Mountain District, 2% Yountville (Cam’s Malbec addition)
- Vintage: 2024
- Varietal: 85% Cabernet Sauvignon, 11% Merlot, 2% Cabernet Franc, 2% Malbec (2% Yountville Malbec added by Cam)
- Oak Aging: ~50% new French oak, bottled unfined and unfiltered
- Alcohol: 14.6%, pH 3.77, TA 5.5 g/L, Malic >0.1 g/L
- Cases Available: ~500
- Cam Price: ~$16.50/bottle ($199/case; $169/case for 2+ cases FM/VIP)
- Retail Estimate: $150+/bottle, mid-90s scores
- Claude’s Source Guess: Unknown — Spring Mountain District icon-level producer, details redacted per Cam’s request
- Wine Berserkers Guess:
- Drink Window: 2028–2048 (peak 2031–2042)
Cameron’s Release Notes
Dear Friends,
First of all, please allow me to say a huge and heartfelt THANK YOU! for all of your support over the last year.
Reaching Lot 100 in that time frame is a huge milestone for CAM X. To celebrate the occasion, I have chosen a special wine, not only because it’s absolutely fantastic, but because it represents what CAM X does best: incredible wines at incredible prices!
So you know Lot 100 is going to be special, but you don’t know how special!
Read on, intrepid wine lover…
First off, the wine: despite a day of bulk wine triage, I recall vividly both Katie and I, after having a sniff of this 2024 Spring Mountain Cabernet, looking at each other and saying “wow, that’s amazing”. Sure enough, the wine, in a 100% estate, finished-blend format, was equally amazing on the palate and basically ready to bottle. Eureka! I had found my Lot 100!
The perfect stylistic amalgam of the highly-structured 2023 vintage and generous, open-knit 2024 vintage, Lot 100 2024 Spring Mountain District Cabernet is a ripe-yet-perfectly-attenuated, rich-yet-ethereal, towering skyscraper of a wine and a gorgeously archetypal representation of Spring Mountain District Cabernet Sauvignon.
Now, here’s the incredible part: this well-into-the-triple-digits, mid-90’s scoring Cabernet Sauvignon from legendary terroir, can be yours for just $199/case.
But hold on, it gets even MORE INCREDIBLE.
As a special THANK YOU for our FM’s and VIP’s, I have an exclusive offer: Purchase TWO (OR MORE) cases of Lot 100 and receive an AUTOMATIC $30 OFF EACH CASE!
Folks, that’s just $169/case for an incredible, Icon-level Spring Mountain Cabernet. Pretty good deal I like to think. I mean, you’re getting 90+% off the frontline retail :-). Heck, it’s a hell of a deal at $199/case much less $169!
Please note: this exclusive offer ends at midnight. And, while we do have about 500 cases of Lot 100 available, it launches to the general public tomorrow so I highly recommend securing your case/cases today.
Tasting Notes
EUREKA! From the moment I stuck my nose in the glass, I knew I had found my Lot 100!
I have no doubt this offer will go down as LEGEND!
The perfect stylistic amalgam of the highly-structured 2023 vintage and generous, open-knit 2024 vintage, Lot 100 2024 Spring Mountain District Cabernet is a ripe-yet-perfectly-attenuated, rich-yet-ethereal, towering skyscraper of a wine and a gorgeously archetypal representation of Spring Mountain District Cabernet Sauvignon.
One of the best performing AVA’s for the 2024 vintage, the Cabernets coming off the upper elevations of Spring Mountain (where the above the fog line temperature inversion led to mild nights and warm mornings but cooler daytime temps vs. the valley floor) are a little richer, little riper, and little bit bolder than usual while maintaining the concentration, freshness, deep color, and excellent tannin structures that make Spring Mountain so special. What makes the 2024 vintage on Spring Mountain even more special is the combination of ethereal mountainside structure and energy with the sucosity of rich, sappy fruit and vibrant freshness. 2024 is the best of both worlds and I am confident this fantastic Spring Mountain Cabernet will have broad appeal!
And today it can be yours for the insane price of just $199/case!
I am prohibited from saying anything about this producer other than this is an Icon-level cuvee from high-elevation vineyards that command mid-90-point scores from major critics and a well-over $150+/bottle price point! The wine came to us as a finished blend (to which we made a tiny 2% addition) and there is no reason we would normally have access to this other than the “state of the market”. So, while I would love to share more about the sourcing, the Spring Mountain community is small and we’ve promised to not reveal any pertinent details (including the usual comparable pricing), so you are just going to have to trust me on this one folks. But I promise you, this is dynamite wine!
Opaque, squid-ink core in the glass with deep, vibrant garnet rim. The bouquet is powerful, complex and nuanced up front with blackcurrant, black cherry, graphite, gravel and white flowers underpinned with blackberry compote, mocha, and hints of black forest cake. With air, cassis, plum, leather and tobacco-laced mineral notes complex a beguiling bouquet. Like I said, classic Spring Mountain! Supple and beautifully balanced on entry with ripe black and red fruits enveloped in massive, palate-staining, big-grained, graphite and tobacco-laced tannins that melt away beautifully into an epic finish of blackberry, black cherry and riverstone. The combination of purity and perfect-attenuation with rich, energetic, sappy fruit, powerful structure, and huge, persistent length is incredibly compelling. FANTASTIC!
In keeping with the 2024 vintage, and the fact we bottled this unfined and unfiltered, Lot 100 will drink well in its youth and age fantastically well over the next 15- to 20-years, if you can wait that long!
⏳ Bottle Shock Status: Bottled unfined and unfiltered August 20, 2026. Allow minimum 12-18 months before opening.
Claude’s Source Guess: Unknown — Spring Mountain District Icon-Level Producer
Cam is unusually tight-lipped here even by CAM X standards — explicitly noting that “the Spring Mountain community is small” and promising not to reveal any pertinent details including comparable pricing. That level of discretion suggests a producer whose identity would be immediately obvious from any additional clue.
Spring Mountain District icon-level producers with mid-90 point scores and $150+/bottle flagship Cabs are a short list: Pride Mountain, Dunn Vineyards (Spring Mountain estate), Barnett Vineyards, Philip Togni, Cain Vineyard, Smith-Madrone, Lokoya, and Fantesca. The “small community” language and 100% estate finished blend suggest a boutique family operation rather than a large-scale producer. The 85% Cab/11% Merlot/2% CF blend profile is classic Spring Mountain, and the unfined/unfiltered bottling suggests a producer with strong terroir-driven, minimal-intervention winemaking values.
The 2% Yountville Malbec Cam added is the same source as Lot 55 — Crocker & Starr — giving the wine a tiny thread connecting it to that ongoing relationship.
Without further clues this cannot be identified with confidence, and Cam has been more emphatic than usual about protecting this source. This is one for the community — if WB or other engaged members have Spring Mountain intel, their input would be valuable.
✅ Confidence: Low — Spring Mountain District confirmed, icon-level estate confirmed, but producer identity cannot be determined from available information.
Drink Window
Early: 2028 — bottled August 20, 2026, unfined and unfiltered, needs 12-18 months minimum.
Peak: 2031–2042. Spring Mountain District Cab at this quality tier peaks 5–15 years from vintage.
Hold: 2048. Cam says 15-20 years and the structure supports it.
My Call: ⏳ Drink window: 2028–2048 (peak 2031–2042)