Quilt Cabernet Sauvignon California Red Wine

In our September 2026 checks, Quilt's California Cabernet Sauvignon ranged from $50.99 to $65.49. For the grape behind that price, our grape research describes Cabernet Sauvignon as a red grown in many regions, one that often makes firmly built wines and shows up regularly in red blends. Regional authorities single out black currant, cherry and plum among common fruit references, with noticeable tannin and possible spice from oak, and they add that ripeness, climate and winemaking can shape a Cabernet toward lean and herbal in style or broad and fruit-led.

Quilt names Joe Wagner as its owner and winemaker. We do not have a shopper rating for this wine.

Quilt's own product listing places this Cabernet more precisely in Napa Valley, drawn, per the producer's vineyard page, from a patchwork of nine Napa districts that include Oak Knoll, Oakville, Calistoga and Howell Mountain. Joe Wagner is a fifth-generation Napa Valley winemaker and the son of Chuck Wagner, a co-founder of Caymus Vineyards; he founded Quilt's parent company, Copper Cane, in 2014. The producer describes its house style as "extended hang time," waiting until grapevine canes turn woody before picking, followed by cryo-extraction with dry ice at harvest and a cold fermentation the producer states runs three to four weeks, longer than what it calls typical elsewhere. Quilt's listing describes the finished wine as rich aromas of chocolate, black currant, ripe blackberry and marionberry with toasted oak and dark cherry, called "a classic yet complex Napa Valley Cabernet" in the producer's own words, and cites a 94-point score from a source the producer names only as its Tasting Panel.

Our call: Quilt's detailed sourcing account and a stated critic score suit a shopper who wants specifics behind a Napa Cabernet; the producer names its nine-district sourcing and its winemaking method, and Joe Wagner's family winemaking background stands behind the label. Pass if you want a shopper's read on the wine, not just the producer's; both the sourcing account and the 94-point score here come from Quilt's own materials, and no independent shopper rating has reached our record.

The Grocery Store Wine Desk · written Sep 16, 2026 from our research file for this wine. Numbers reflect our latest checks.