Today, you have the rare second chance to taste a mesmerizing, all-natural red that has been passed down without interruption for over 400 years. It’s a profoundly distinct, bordering-on-supernatural Slovenian Cabernet of epic proportions, so I’ll try and unpackage it as simply as one can for those who missed the wild excitement and subsequent sellout last year. In 1592, monks of the Batič estate began crafting sacred wines for Mass, and 428 years later, the Batič family still carries their winemaking torch with deft hands and a mystic, one-with-nature mindset. Bottom line, by channeling the wisdom of their ancestors and harnessing nature’s power, no one on earth can replicate today’s mystically crafted Cabernet. 
As such, being Certified Biodynamic is the baseline for Batič—but they crank it up a few notches by downright flirting with the occult: their vines wake up to the bright sound of a trumpet; farming occurs with the elementals of fire and air (more on that below); their wines are left entirely untouched in the winery. After spending nearly two years in old Slovenian barrels, and another year resting in bottle at their cellar, today’s all-natural Cabernet Franc has morphed into a texturally deep and haunting red swirling with cosmic energy. These wines are rarely seen in America—we’re the only one with this fresh shipment—so if you want to experience its extraordinary, otherworldly properties, this is your final chance.