VARIETY:

100% Cabernet Sauvignon

THE VINEYARD:

Calistoga’s earliest settlers arrived in the 1840’s, where various field varieties of vineyards were planted to traditional head-trained systems. Indeed, the Frediani Vineyard next door to us still possesses vines that are 80 to 110 years old, a testament to the fortitude and the traditions espoused by those early pioneers. Calistoga is today its own AVA, bearing distinction for its climate, its aspect, and its soils. The soils are what drove the naming of our Calistoga Estate the “Bone Ash Vineyard.” As the season wears on and the soil dries out, light plumes of volcanic ash will dust up, looking like the ashes of the bones of those early settlers.

 Our Calistoga Estate “Bone Ash Vineyard” is one of three estate vineyards we own and farm in Napa Valley. The cane pruned vines are comprised of Cabernet Clones #7 and #8. We employ a minimalist approach on our Calistoga Estate, with organic and regenerative farming of the property.

WINEMAKER’S RECORD:

This wine begins with concentrated purple color and blue fruit aromatics. Black and blue berries, jelly jar jam notes fill the senses. As this wine opens, the background notes of French Oak vanillin and fresh earth come forth. A wonderful, pure Cabernet expression. Great fruit, mid-palate, body and streaming length, this wine has it all! The palate is polished and sophisticated. Cranberry, black currant, blackberry and black cherry are all intertwined. The acid and tannin balance promises a wine that will hold for well over a decade in proper cellaring conditions.

PRODUCTION Essentials

Method | 4-Stage Pellenc Destemmed, 100% Gravity Flow To Open Top, Stainless Steel, and Concrete Diamond Fermenters, Slow Cellar Temp Fermentations On Skins, 100% Native Primary and Secondary Fermentation, 100% Free Run Juice, Gentle Barrel To Tank Racking.

Aging Regimen | 22 Months, 85% New 3-Year Air-Dried French Oak, Bottled Unfiltered

Production | 800 Cases