Tyros Napa Cabernet 2021

With Napa Cabernet grapes now averaging $7,500 a ton, I don’t know how Silenus Winery did it. But they did it! – They produced a classic, all-Napa Valley (and all from the Valley’s famous AVAs), with a judicious amount of beautiful French oak on it – all of that for under $27. Even if it cost twice as much, it would still win best in show and be a sensational value. Let me share an old handy piece of accounting in the Valley that winemakers use: whatever the price per ton of grapes you’re paying, take that and divide it by 100, and that is the selling price per bottle that you need to achieve to make any profit. Thus, if you’re thinking that Napa Cabernet is expensive these days, you’re right. The Valley now sits at $7,500 a ton for Cabernet, which means that Napa’s average bottle now hovers right around $75 a bottle. So what the heck happened here with Tyros? Well, the secret is in the land. Tyros’s vineyard was actually planted in 1968 by the rocket scientist Bruce Newland. Bruce vac