Vintage Sommelier's Box #22 - Colgin IX Estate

A vertical of Napa Valley's most coveted cult wine, spanning three defining vintages.

What's in the box
Bundle of 3 bottles, 750ml each:

• Colgin Cellars 'IX Estate', Napa Valley 2021
• Colgin Cellars 'IX Estate', Napa Valley 2018 Historic Collection Colgin Cellar
• Colgin Cellars 'IX Estate', Napa Valley 2011

About this box

Colgin Cellars needs little introduction among serious collectors. Founded in 1992 on Pritchard Hill, one of Napa Valley's most prized hillside terroirs, the estate has become synonymous with the very top tier of American fine wine, mentioned in the same breath as Screaming Eagle and Harlan Estate. Allocations are famously scarce, waiting lists famously long, and the wines rarely appear on the open market in any meaningful quantity.

IX Estate is Colgin's flagship: a Bordeaux-style blend built around Cabernet Sauvignon, layered with Cabernet Franc, Merlot and Petit Verdot grown on the estate's steep, rocky hillside vineyards. It is a wine of extraordinary concentration and precision, built to reward patient cellaring while remaining seductive even in youth.

This box brings together three vintages that trace the wine's evolution across fifteen years. The 2011, from a cooler, more restrained growing season, now shows the savoury complexity and finesse that only bottle age can deliver. The 2018, from a vintage widely regarded as one of Napa's finest in recent memory, offers a rare combination of power and harmony, drinking beautifully now but still with decades ahead of it. The 2021, still in its infancy, shows the estate's hallmark density and structure, a wine built for the long term.

Tasted side by side, the three bottles offer a masterclass in how Colgin's IX Estate develops in the cellar, from youthful intensity through mid-life poise to mature complexity. A rare opportunity to explore one of Napa Valley's most sought-after labels across a genuine vertical, ideal for the serious collector or as an exceptional gift.