Winemaker Aaron Pott has one of the most classic pedigrees you could encounter, having served as director of famed Château Figeac in Bordeaux and crafted wines for Napa Valley icons like Beringer and Seven Stones. Anthony Perliss came to wine later, after a career as an art director in New York, Paris, and Milan. He returned to the Bay Area when his father purchased a vineyard in the Calistoga foothills, where Anthony, with his eclectic background, became captivated by Napa’s wilder, more mysterious corners. Their partnership, Mythical, became an outlet to explore Napa’s lesser-known varieties and styles—an adventure through the valley’s rich and untamed landscape. The inaugural 2022 vintage comes from several preeminent high-elevation vineyards, including Stagecoach on Atlas Peak, Pott Art on Mt. Veeder, and Remedium on Howell Mountain. The wine is remarkably approachable in its youth, absolutely bursting with rhubarb and plum pie with hints of tobacco leaf—juicy, unctuous, and hedonistically delicious.