Lot 21 2023 Napa Valley Cabernet Franc

BOTTLED 6/27: AVAILABLE TO SHIP MID-AUGUST 
(WEATHER PERMITTING)

SHIPPING IS INCLUDED ON 12-BOTTLE CASES

FREE SUMMER STORAGE UNTIL THE FALL

A case for the price of a bottle?

Yes, indeed!

Today's offer is typically bottled under a proprietary name, scores in the mid-90's with Dunnuck and Parker and is priced well-over $150+/bottle. 

Today it is yours for just $169/CASE DELIVERED!

The blend, 100% sourced from "the vineyard that shall not be named up on Atlas Peak", came to us at 75% Cabernet Franc and 25% Merlot so I decided to bottle this as a Cabernet Franc (minimum requirement for varietal bottling). We didn't touch the blend and bottled it up as-is at the end of June.

Epic Ethereal

The combination of Cabernet Franc and Merlot grown at elevation and raised up in 70% new French oak makes for an epically ethereal wine with incredible structure and complexity. Powerful-yet-elegant, this is a beautifully integrated, lithe and sexy wine. 

Deep ruby/purple in the glass with a dense, earthy bouquet of black plums and dark chocolate interlaced with garrigue that is soon complexed with ripe cherry and blackberry fruit haloed with notes of cinnamon spice and violet swirling with dark, fresh turned earth. Savory, high-toned, and lovely as it unwinds in the glass. Robust and chewy on entry with juicy, vibrant blackcurrant, blueberry, and cocoa notes beautifully balanced over a massive tannin framework. Rich and powerful yet elegant, this wine finishes long and persistent with tremendous complexity layered over a dynamite structure. FANTASTIC.

100% single vineyard
75% Cabernet Franc, 25% Merlot
~70% new French oak
15% alc.
Bottled June 27th, 425 cases produced.