I can barely believe that we have the chance to offer library wines from this iconic estate and at unheard of pricing! For those that haven't experienced these wines before, Kelly Fleming estate is a world-class vineyard in one of the most sought after and celebrated neighborhoods in Napa Valley. Tucked into Simmons Canyon just south of Calistoga, immediate neighbors include the legendary Eisele Vineyard (now owned by Chateau Latour) and Hundred Acre's "Few & Far Between" estate. Both of those wines sell for $650 and $750 respectively and have many 100-point scores. The founding winemaker at Kelly Fleming was Celia Welch (Scarecrow, Staglin, Paradigm etc) and was then taken over by Rebecca George (Celia's assistant winemaker) with Françoise Peschon (Eisele / Araujo, Vine Hill Ranch, Heimark, Cornell) as a consulting partner. The estate is farmed by Mike Wolf, one of the foremost viticulturalists in the region. Just a few hundred cases are made each year crafted and matured in underground caves dugg into the Vaca Mountains immediately adjacent to the vineyard. This is true 1st Growth material confirmed as such when the property was purchased by Jayson Woodbridge of Hundred Acre in 2024 for an undisclosed sum. So long story short, these wines come from one of the most incredible sites in the valley, farmed by one of the valley's best teams, and the wine is crafted by some of the the most talented and proven winemakers of a generation. Next year, under the Hundred Acre label, these wines will be $750+ per bottle. What's more, in my humble opinion, these classically styled wines with incredible ageing potential and subtle terroir driven nuances, will be very hard to match even by Hundred Acre. The 2016 is an explosive wine showing the true power and concentration of the vintage. After many years of severe drought, the rains during the winter of 2015-2016 provided the vines much needed revitalization, and the next to perfect warm growing season produced wines with huge fruit and structure similar to the much heralded 2013 vintage. At 9 years of age this wine is only just now hitting its stride with lots of primary fruit and bold concentration still controlling most of the narrative. Subtle hints of cedar, cigar box, and new leather are starting to peak through the mulberry, plum and cassis fruit steaked with graphite, mountain chaparral and volcanic rock mineral. Powerful and brooding, but refined and complex all at once. A fascinating wine to study over a few hours in the decanter or a few more decades from the cellar. $100 won't buy you anything more impressive or pedigreed anywhere else on the planet.