Vineyard Notes
We sourced the Cabernet Franc from Tamagni Vineyards, which is located along the Silverado Trail just south of Calistoga. Cabernet Franc is often used to enhance the framework of Bordeaux-style wines, but this warm vineyard site, with its well-draining, low-vigor, rock-and-clay soils, yields a wine with all the elements to shine on its own. A splash of Merlot, from neighboring Three Palms Vineyard, and Cabernet Sauvignon, from Hewitt Vineyard in Rutherford, complemented the wine’s flavors and texture. Cabernet Franc’s history has been unearthed through DNA research; it is one of the parents, along with Sauvignon Blanc, of Cabernet Sauvignon.