Inside Job Cabernet Franc Napa Valley 2021

No crime has been committed: no larceny, robbery, or embezzlement, perpetrators, or suspects. The sheer absence of illicit misconduct means no blame or punishment. And, despite this specific inside job being carried out using sophisticated techniques by people in key positions of trust, they, unquestionably and rightfully, will be heralded, not imprisoned, for their surreptitious efforts. Connections are said to be everything, and in the Napa Valley wine industry, we have connections. Founded in St. Helena, the center of Napa Valley, and not by coincidence, ACME has friendships and business associations that are decades strong, symbiotic, and, without any question, as special as they come. All this leads to one remarkable wine, ACME's proprietary wine: INSIDE JOB.

ACME was built on discovering the next best wines for our clients. We place the wines in our clubs first, but at times, some projects present themselves to us while still in barrel, sans label, when only a marketing plan is in place. We are invited into the business plan when the project has more cases produced than their burgeoning brand's debut marketing plan can distribute. Thus, they must give up a barrel or two until they have more traction in the distribution channels. ENTER ACME. Not long ago, we were offered an incredible opportunity to buy a few barrels from a well-established winery that had a bumper crop year producing more than their channels could sell in the given year. Knowing we have our connections with many start-up brands throughout the year, they approached us to see if we knew anyone looking for a limited amount of high-end, expertly-made wine to bolster their vintage's production level. Instead of passing this chance of a lifetime on to someone else, we excitedly chose to launch our own unique brand, Inside Job. 

As your agents of supreme quality within a community of world-renowned vineyards and winemakers, we have the insider's edge on rare barrels that belong in collector's homes. While names are forbidden to be shared, and details and sources cannot be divulged; the essential element is that with our connections on the inside, your affiliation will not only be coveted, it will carry no regrets, and only the pleasures of creme de la creme collaboration. Once we had launched our debut vintage, we began hearing of other opportunities to secure amazing wine that deserved to be collected under our label and not hidden in a blend for the purpose of producing more of something already on the market. Our team of clandestine experts will declare a vintage worthy of bottling only when the wine is at its absolute finest, and we will commit to reserving the very best barrel(s) presented based on our astute tasting trials. This means the quantity, fruit source, winemaker, and varietal may change each time due to excellence found in varying realms within the process. We will not look to duplicate what was done in the past vintage but will welcome it should it be the finest of the sources and the winemakers' abilities.