Location: Napa Valley, CA
Alcohol: 12.3%

Rich, deep and beautifully layered, this wine offers up a host of dark red/purplish fruit along with floral, savory and spice accents that add complexity. Vibrant and nuanced, this Mataro has so much to offer.

Fruit was whole cluster pressed and settled in tank for 24 hours. The juice was then barreled down into used and neutral French oak. Both primary and malolactic fermentation were spontaneous while additions focused on yeast nutrients as they were needed. A light lees stirring preceded MLF, after which the wine spent 14 months sur lie before bottling.

The 2020 Napa Valley Semillon was sourced from a block of 30-year-old vines planted in Napa Valley’s Oak Knoll District. Because of runoff from the nearby Vaca Mountains, the soils here are more alluvial than most of the AVA. Daytime temperatures are also typically ten degrees cooler than farther up valley due to the moderating influence of San Pablo Bay. Interestingly, scattered throughout the block are examples of what may be a pink skinned mutation of Semillon that’s known as the Madeira Clone in South Australia.