Depiction Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley 2018 Magnum 3pk

Each new release of this project is, hands down, the most anticipated release of the year, for several reasons. First and foremost is that there is absolutely nothing else like it! First released with the 2012 vintage, DEPICTION is the brilliant creation coming from our friends and neighbors here in Saint Helena, Sebastian and Estelle Lane. Sebastian is a barrel cooper and a real estate agent in the Napa Valley who has deep roots and profound connections in the wine industry going back several decades. In 2009, he helped a couple find their "dream" home on the west side of St. Helena down a quaint, wine country road. Just a stone's throw from other small parcels of prime vineyard land (Beckstoffer Las Piedras, Beckstoffer Dr. Crane, G.B. Crane, Anomaly, Gallica, and Beckstoffer Bourn), Seb saw the incredible potential this plot of land held and his imagination started to wander. Seb convinced the owners to allow him to plant a small portion of the pristine property to vines (predominantly Cabernet Sauvignon) and with the invaluable advice from his close, personal (unnamed, famous) vineyard and winemaking connections, he combined his and Estelle's love for winemaking and art into one of the most visionary, creative, thought-provoking wine projects ever conceived. 

For each vintage of Depiction, Seb and Estelle Lane commission an original painting or photograph from an artist who inspires them, a piece of art that is true to the artist's ideas and vision.  When the artwork is completed, they hand-cut it into dozens of smaller pieces. Those individual canvas segments of the painting become the physical front labels of their magnum bottlings for that vintage. The reverse side of each label is hand-numbered to enable its original location in the painting to be discovered on the map that is included with each 3pk.  The canvas label has been applied in a way that the label can be peeled from the bottle and framed without damage to the original artwork.  The wine can be enjoyed as a memory, and the original art can stay on the bottle in your cellar or become a piece of art on your wall.  For their 2018 bottling, the Lane's commissioned artist Dasha Bough, a classically trained painter known primarily for her work as an animator, filmmaker, and sand art performer. Her most recent work, an animated feature documentary film called "The Conspiracy," premiered in November of 2022 to great acclaim.

The painting Dasha made for Seb and Estelle is titled "The Historian." It is a combination of hand-drawn, digital, and oil-painted elements. Fundamentally, The Historian is a commentary on the power of matriarchy as a keeper and transmitter of societal wisdom and knowledge.

"2018 once again proved how a great vineyard terroir will persist through a broad diversity of vintages. Despite our early concerns about a late-season heat spike causing rusticity of tannins, the 2018 depiction exhibits the exact opposite, velvety, fine-grained, perfectly integrated tannins. This is a rich wine that will age gracefully for many decades. Brambly huckleberry fruit provides the backdrop for the copious yet refined tannins, which portend a lengthy pleasurable drinking window." ~ Proprietors Seb & Estelle Lane.

Just 36 3pks were produced.