2017 Ashes & Diamonds, Cabernet Franc No. 4 , Napa Valley, California, USAABOUT THIS WINE Harvest took place on September 14 28. The fruit spent 21 days macerating in stainless steel tanks. The wine then was barrel aged for 19 months in 30% new French oak (Bossuet). ABOUT THIS PRODUCER Ashes & Diamonds Winery is a love letter to Napa Valley as it was when it took the world stage in the 1960s, revealing itself, along with Santa Cruz, as a geological wonderland capable of world class wines. Located at the gateway of Napa

full-bodied

with brisk acidity and a lingering

this elegant Cap Classique offers fine bubbles and lifted aromas of green apple

with reserve wines in the blend dating all the way back to 1988

Hand harvested

Here at this quiet religious outpost eighty women of this religious order work vineyards and orchards and gardens organically

is an environmentalist and geographer who has dedicated his life to preserving Georgia heritage for the past 40 years

Handpicked grapes are vinified vineyard-by-vineyard in temperature-controlled stainless steel tanks without the use of oak to preserve purity

The Forey domaine now exploits about 10 hectares ofvineyards

a little farther upstream

There are people who believe that the myth of Vega Sicilia was due to its being an aristocratic wine

Fermentation proceeds exclusively with wild yeasts cultured from DAOU Mountain