Pine Ridge, Cabernet Sauvignon, Napa Valley, USA 2021 Sauvignon

Pine Ridge, Cabernet Sauvignon, Napa Valley, USA 2021 SauvignonThis 80 hectare estate was founded in 1978 when Gary Andrus planted the property's original vineyard in Stags Leap on a terraced hillside flanked by a ridge of pine trees. They now have vineyards across five sub zones in Napa: four in the Stags Leap District, three in Rutherford, three in Carneros and one each in Howell Mountain and Oakville. This diversity gives winemaker Michael Beaulac many different blending options from which to choose each year,

Clicquot invented the riddling rack that made the crucial process of dégorgement both more efficient and economic

with frank and stony soil

This blend of indigenous Italian varieties: Groppello

perfectly balanced with a delightful silky smoothness

A wine meant for classic Cabernet lovers that will be truly rewarding with careful ageing and cellaring

roasted coffee beans to start

Typical of this sub-region

alluvial loams over gravelly subsoils in these valleys provide ideal growing conditions for our Sauvignon Blanc

where the estate is making an effort to re-establish its presence

He works his vineyards in the most natural manner he can with the aim of keeping the vines and soils in full health and in the process has become a fully fledged advocate of biodynamic production

called Plácet

thoughtful winemaking