Locations: Spring Mountain District, Oakville, Fountaingrove District

• 100% hillside grown grapes
• Appellation:Napa Valley
• Varietals: Cabernet Sauvignon 86%, Cabernet Franc 3%, Merlot 3%, Petite Sirah 8%
• A long, warm summer and mild finish to the season
• The beginning of the 2019 growing season was defined by copious rainfall and late soil moisture. The long, warm summer saw very few extreme heat events, with foggy mornings setting the stage for vibrant and expressive wines. The long, relatively mild finish to the season, not without its moments of unpredictability, helped to preserve freshness and finesse in the fruit with abundant hang time teasing out great color, structure and soft tannins. Volume is looking to be about average to a little less than average. All in all, exceptional fruit with bright acidity and ample texture promises an amazing vintage.
• Harvest Brix:5-27.5

• Hand-harvested,pickedatnight
• Cold soaked for 48 hours
• Fermented with skins for average of 14 days
• Spontaneousmalolacticfermentationinbarrel
• Aged22 monthsinFrenchoakbarrels;30% new
• Coopers:Nadalie, Orion, Treuil, Gamba

• Dark berry aromas burst out of the glass with boysenberry, bing cherry and black berry notes mingled with licorice, cocoa and caramel. Layered in are hints of sage, earth, and cedar to balance the dominant fruit aromas.  On the palate the wine is rich yet balanced with brambly, dark, wild berry fruit followed by lingering notes of toasted marshmallow and baking spices.  This powerful mountain cabernet is loaded with ripe fruit that is balanced and elegant on the palate with soft tannins to complete this classic Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon.

• 1200 cases produced