Snowden Vineyards Napa Valley Cabernet Franc Melchior Kemper Vineyard 2021 NO20231025 a light delight

a light delight

consisting of a subtle combination of eleven plants and spices intensifying all the freshness of green anise from the Mediterranean

This valuable and rare ingredient is added post distillation

and fermentation starts on its own

Snowden Vineyards Napa Valley Cabernet Franc Melchior Kemper Vineyard 2021 NO20231025 a light delightMelchior Kemper farmed this Napa ranch from 1881 to 1895. Today his name sits on 962 vines of Cabernet Franc planted at 800 feet in the Vaca Mountains. The Snowden family has stewarded the land since 1955, and the wines are made by third generation Diana Snowden Seysses, who spends half her year making wine at Burgundy's Domaine Dujac. That double life shows: native yeasts, restraint, and a flat refusal to chase generic Napa richness. This is