The Waxed Bat Reserve 2022

Name: The Waxed Bat Reserve
Brand: NPR Wine Club
SKU: 0576222
Price: 21.99 USD
Rating: 4.2332 (969 reviews)

Opi Sadler’s The Waxed Bat is one of our all-time best-selling reds. Here’s the luxe Reserve edition, which is darker, richer and arrives on your table with huge acclaim. Aged for one year in oak barrels, this Cabernet-Malbec blend is made for steak.

$21.99 per bottle

$19.79 UNLIMITED MEMBER PRICEwhen you mix 12 or more

12 bottles :$263.88

$237.48 UNLIMITED MEMBER PRICE

$263.88

Wine Details

Red - Medium to Full Bodied
Argentina
Cabernet-based blend
Vegan
13.5% ABV
750 ml
Vegetarian
30 November 2027

Flavor Profile

Wine Flavor Profile

The Waxed Bat Reserve is a full-bodied red with ripe blackberry and plum aromas, framed by elegant notes of smoke and vanilla. The palate offers rich black-fruit flavors, soft tannins and a long, layered, well-integrated finish that recalls vanilla and toasted baking spices.

Wine Food Pairings

Beef, aged cheese, game, lamb, burgers, meaty pasta.

Beyond the Label

Argentine legend Opi Sadler is beloved by customers and critics alike for his rich reds, and especially for Shiraz-Malbec-Cab blend The Waxed Bat. His sumptuous Waxed Bat Reserve is even richer, darker and more intense than the original. It also has dozens of illustrious accolades to its name.

Opi and his team hand harvested the ripest Cabernet Sauvignon and Malbec from his favorite Mendoza vineyards. And since “Argentina has four excellent vintages in a row including 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020” (critic James Suckling), the quality of the grapes was truly top notch. After assembling the perfect blend, Opi aged the concentrated juice 12 months in his finest oak barrels.

Here's what France’s Gilbert & Gaillard judges had to say about a previous vintage :

“Smoke, ash and pepper on the nose accented by jammy red and black fruits. Very elegant palate both for the tannins and flavours. Intense fusion of fruit and oak with remarkable length.” Our two cents: its rich black fruit and toasty vanilla notes make it perfect for barbecued or roasted meats.

We also recommend you order now, before diehard Waxed Bat fans gobble up all of our cases…

Very elegant palate both for the tannins and flavors. Intense fusion of fruit and oak with remarkable length.

Gilbert & Gaillard

about a previous vintage