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Highlights

• This is the only 100% estate Sauvignon Blanc from Napa Valley’s remote and uniquely cool Lovall Valley
• Crafted from organically farmed Sauvignon Blanc by the winemaking team of Philippe Melka and Maayan Koschitzky
• A profoundly expressive blend of three distinct Sauvignon Blanc clones, including the rare Clone 6
• Barrel fermented until dry and aging sur lie in 100% French oak to amplify texture and structure

Description

This 2021 Estate Sauvignon Blanc barrel lot is the pinnacle offering of our family’s estate vineyard, located in the rolling hills of Napa Valley’s remote and uniquely cool Lovall Valley. Here, we organically farm three distinctly expressive Sauvignon Blanc clones that thrive in the stingy soils and fog-blanketed mornings that define our estate’s distinct terroir. In the deft hands of acclaimed winemakers Philippe Melka and Maayan Koschitzky, our estate fruit realizes its full potential through extended cold-barrel fermentation and sur lie aging in French oak. In particular, our 2021 estate Sauvignon Blanc is the product of a drought year that gave us a lighter crop and smaller berries, resulting in an amazingly expressive wine with exotic tropical and bright citrus notes, excellent acidity, mouth-filling richness and impressive length.

Wine Facts

• Single vineyard wine