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The Mascot is a Napa Valley cabernet sauvignon made from seven distinct hillside vineyards—specifically, the younger vines of Harlan Estate, Promontory, and the five small vineyards within the BOND portfolio.

We replant the vines of these parent properties once or twice per century, which means that on a yearly basis we are replanting less than two percent of our vineyards. This affords The Mascot with a consistent source of fruit, from vines around 10 years of age, before they graduate into the wines of their respective endeavors.

The act of replanting represents a very important and rare opportunity to apply all of our evolution and collected wisdom to a new cohort of vines from the very outset of their lifetime. As such, these new plantings, in a certain way, become the first beneficiaries of our various innovations.

Once the fruit is harvested, it goes through fermentation and aging at each of the three wineries, and only comes together as The Mascot at the final blending table. The resulting wine, aged for four years before release, offers a singular glimpse into the evolution of its parent estates.

"Respecting the energy of the vine becomes the only and most fundamental way to see what the vine can do, and we don’t ask it to do more than it can." —Cory Empting

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Browse The Mascot vintage notes from 2008–2021, tracing the arc and high points of Napa Valley hillside vineyards across time.

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