Stone The Crows · Three Twins Vineyard
2022 Stone The Crows Three Twins Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley, USA
A place on your wine list
The flagship Cabernet from Thomas Rivers Brown's hillside above Lake Hennessey. Clones 337 and 169, looking toward Pritchard Hill. The wine the house is built on.
Winery SRP $160 per bottle
Restaurant-only allocation. Retail- Open-Limited. Orders are subject to account review. If a retail account orders this wine, OneWineMarket may reduce or cancel the order. No Wine-Searcher listings are permitted for this allocation.
Why this bottle belongs on the list
Two selling points.
Then the market.
Cult winemaker: Thomas Rivers Brown.
Wine Spectator put him on the November 15, 2018 cover. James Laube called it “The Midas Touch.” Napa producers dubbed him Napa's Top Gun. He has made every Three Twins vintage since the first commercial release in 2010.
Small-production hillside Cabernet, near Pritchard Hill.
This is the flagship, not Fallen Feather. Top lots from about 11,000 vines at 700 feet on the north slope of Lake Hennessey. The view looks across the water to Pritchard Hill. Clones 337 and 169. First commercial vintage: 2010. First wine from the site: 35 cases, never released.
The buyer's perspective
What the guest
hears first.
The 2022 was a warm Napa year. The winery calls this one of its easiest-drinking Cabernets on release: mulberry, baking spice, salted dark chocolate, graphite, softer tannins. Staff can sell it tonight.
Winemaker's corner
Wine Spectator cover, November 15, 2018 · “The Midas Touch” · Napa's Top Gun
Thomas
Rivers Brown
Brown grew up in Sumter, South Carolina, studied English and Economics at the University of Virginia, and drove a Honda Passport to Napa in 1996. He started on the floor at All Seasons Bistro in Calistoga, met Ehren Jordan, and took a cellar job at Turley Wine Cellars in 1997.
Fred Schrader hired him in 2000 to make Cabernet, a grape Brown had not yet produced. That partnership, plus Outpost, Maybach, and his own Rivers-Marie label, made him one of the most in-demand winemakers in the valley. Within a decade of arriving, he had wines at 100 points from Robert Parker.
Wine Spectator put him on the cover of the November 15, 2018 issue. James Laube's story was titled “The Midas Touch of Thomas Rivers Brown.” Clients still call him Napa's Top Gun. He has made Stone The Crows since the first commercial vintage. The handshake with proprietor Richard Talmadge happened over a beer on the Champs-Élysées.
The estate
Above the lake.
Looking toward Pritchard Hill.
Three Twins Vineyard sits in the hills east of St. Helena, on the northern slopes of Lake Hennessey. Antonio Galloni called it one of the most visually stunning vineyards in Napa Valley. The Napa Wine Project notes the view across the water to the hillsides that form Pritchard Hill.
Richard Talmadge found an old cattle ranch, planted from 2004, and named the vineyard for his triplets. Volcanic ash over gravel and flint, morning sun, and afternoon updrafts off the lake. Cabernet clones 2, 15, 169, 337, and 685 run across five blocks. This bottling is the flagship: the top lots, clones 337 and 169.
The name is an Australian expression of surprise, not a threat to the birds. Crows perch on the fences. The first wine from the site was 35 cases in 2009 and was never released. The first commercial vintage was 2010, with Brown in the cellar from the start.
2022 in the glass
Mulberry.
Spice.
A softer frame.
The winery's 2022 flagship is 100 percent Cabernet from clones 337 and 169. A richly decadent, elegant wine balanced by structured tannins. Mulberry fruit laced with brown baking spices, salted dark chocolate, and graphite. The 2022 vintage was quite warm in Napa, and the tannins are softer, which makes this one of the estate's easiest-drinking Cabernets upon release. Aged 20 months in 80 percent new French oak from Darnajou, Remond, and La Grange. Bottled unfined and unfiltered.
Menu and service
Built for a serious table.
- Grilled ribeye with rosemary jus
- Herb-roasted lamb with charred vegetables
- Portobello mushrooms, lentils, and a savory reduction
Serve slightly cool, around 60–65°F, in a generous Cabernet stem. Taste on opening. Consider a 30–60 minute decant and adjust to the bottle.
Staff pairing clip
Gordon Ramsay cooks ribeye with Matthew McConaughey
The tableside introduction
“This is the flagship from Thomas Rivers Brown, the Wine Spectator cover winemaker they called Napa's Top Gun. Small hillside above Lake Hennessey, looking toward Pritchard Hill. Mulberry, spice, and a softer 2022 frame. A strong pour with ribeye or lamb.”
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Put Three Twins on the list.
Cult winemaker. Flagship hillside Cabernet above Lake Hennessey. Trade $74 a bottle, $444 the six-bottle case, one-case minimum.
Restaurant-only allocation. Retail- Open-Limited. Orders are subject to account review. If a retail account orders this wine, OneWineMarket may reduce or cancel the order. No Wine-Searcher listings are permitted for this allocation.
