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Bank Shot is simply a caller Napa Cab from Josh Hart, Maayan Koschitzky, and Wine Access
It’s nary concealed that immoderate of the NBA’s apical existent and erstwhile players are discerning oenophiles. Some adjacent person their ain label, specified arsenic C.J. McCollum, Yao Ming, Dwyane Wade, Channing Frye and Steph Curry, to sanction a few. New to the hoops star/vintner roster is the New York Knicks’ Josh Hart, who has debuted Bank Shot, a superior Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon.
Bank Shot is simply a collaboration betwixt Hart, renowned Napa winemaker Maayan Koschitzky (who serves arsenic manager of winemaking for Philippe Melka’s Atelier Melka), and Wine Access, a vino lover’s premier destination for expertly-curated wines. Bank Shot’s inaugural 2021 vintage is made from grapes grown connected lauded Howell Mountain and wrong the Oakville and St. Helena AVAs. Full-bodied, beautifully balanced, and a deep, luxurious purple, the vino features ripe tannins backed by juicy acidity and flavors of achromatic cherry, exotic spices, tobacco, freshly crushed espresso beans, clove, and graphite. Though showing beautifully now, this vino volition make complexity implicit the years, and is simply a large summation to anyone’s vino cellar.
Winemaker Maayan Koschitzky & New York Knick Josh Hart astatine a Bank Shot blending session.
“The unsocial blend is coming from immoderate of the champion vineyards successful the Napa Valley,” said Koschitzky. “Together, Josh and I created a one-of-a-kind vino that is almighty and elegant, one that showcases the quality of the 2021 vintage.'
Bank Shot is full-bodied and beautifully balanced.
The Wine Access squad archetypal met and bonded with Hart successful July 2019 astatine a Napa Valley fundraiser. The squad was struck by Hart’s vino cognition and curiosity, and suggested a collaboration, the effect being Bank Shot. Additionally, Wine Access launched a Diversity successful Wine Scholarship program with Josh successful 2020, offering opportunities for aspiring vino experts from underrepresented communities. The programme sponsored 100 dedicated BIPOC vino professionals successful taking the WSET Level 1 course, with apical performers moving on successful the program. The apical 3 students earned an unforgettable travel to the Napa Valley with Hart.
'Getting to cognize Josh and his woman was great,' added Koschitzky. 'They are nice, down-to-earth radical who bask the vino world, and truly attraction astir the assemblage and giving back.”
Find Bank Shot here, exclusively. $175/bottle.
Photos courtesy of Wine Access
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