About Rarecat Wines
Rarecat Wines is included in the Napa master inventory as a winery, vineyard or wine brand, but the current public visitor pathway is not sufficiently clear to promise a tasting-room visit. A producer can remain active, release wine and operate an online store without maintaining a routine public tasting room. For that reason, an office, mailing, vineyard or production address should never be converted automatically into an invitation to arrive.
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RareCat has no home vineyard, sourcing single-vineyard Napa fruit from Diamond Mountain to Coombsville while also bottling a wine in Saint-Émilion.
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No Single EstateRareCat is a négociant-style producer sourcing single-vineyard fruit from multiple Napa Valley sub-AVAs rather than farming one estate.
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Founded by Sharon HarrisHarris, who trained at the University of Bordeaux and earlier founded Amici Cellars in 1992, launched RareCat in 2009.
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Tasting Room in CalistogaTastings are by appointment at Grove 45 Olive Oil in Calistoga, a venue RareCat has used since early 2023.
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RARECAT Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon
2022 · Napa Valley
RareCat's flagship blended-source Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon.
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Old Toll Hillside Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon
Current release · Calistoga, Napa Valley
A single-vineyard Cabernet from the hillside site Harris has farmed since founding Amici Cellars in 1992.
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Rosé of Grenache
2022 · Yolo County
A Grenache rosé sourced outside Napa Valley, in Yolo County.
RareCat sells almost entirely direct-to-consumer through its mailing list; per-bottle pricing was not published on the pages reviewed.
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Tasting at Grove 45
An appointment-only tasting held at Grove 45 Olive Oil in Calistoga, RareCat's current tasting venue.
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