Highlights

• Your wine is 100% estate Sauvignon Blanc, specially made for Premiere Napa Valley by winemaker Philippe Melka
• Napa Valley’s coolest remote hillside growing region is ideal for refined Sauvignon Blanc
• Organic vine-by-vine farming and gentle whole-cluster press maximize our estate’s distinct, focused fruit
• This wine was crafted using a unique mixed vessel ferment; aging in French oak, a concrete egg and steel tank amplifies complexity

Description

This special lot of was crafted exclusively for Premiere Napa Valley by our renowned winemaker Philippe Melka, from the rare FSP-06 Clone planted to our Lovall Valley estate vineyard. One of Napa Valley’s most remote sites, and certainly its coolest, Lovall Valley enjoys a unique fog-cooled microclimate and elevated hillside exposures that, in concert with our own meticulous, vine-by-vine organic viticulture, produce fruit of extraordinary varietal purity and structural precision. In the cellar, Philippe employed gentle whole cluster pressing followed by a unique mixed-vessel approach in which the lot was both fermented and aged in a combination of French oak barrel, concrete egg and steel tank. The resulting wine is both vibrantly expressive and sublimely sophisticated, displaying the focused stone fruit, exotic notes and textural complexity that are hallmarks of our Lovall Valley estate. We recommend that you hold this wine for at least one year before serving, and optimally cellar for up to 5 years to appreciate its full aging potential.

Wine Facts

• Organically produced (also commonly called "organically grown")