2020 Matthiasson Cabernet Sauvignon, Napa Valley, California, USAABOUT THIS WINE: n the tradition of Cabernet Sauvignon, ours is a blended wine and includes a small amount of other Bordeaux varieties to complete the wine. For complexity and balance our Cab is composed of fruit from six vineyards throughout the Napa Valley. The three AVAs are Coombsville for structure and black fruit, Rutherford for savory Cabernet characters and bright fruit, and Oak Knoll for soft fruit. It is a Napa Cab of the old school, age

Here the climate of the Atlantic intertwines with warm continental influences

lively texture

Fined and filtered before bottling

The project is named in honor of my maternal grandfather Jack Berkley

Reinhard partnered with the talented Brunnhilde Claux

A majority of the holdings of the estate are on the hillsides

Philippe Tessier farms 23 hectares of vines utilizing organic principles

Chave generally has financed his sources and takes their grapes by a métayage (sharecropping) arrangement

Nortico is “farm-to- table": sourced from these 100+ tiny plots of Alvarinho planted in the early 20th century and continues to be farmed by hand

Best Sommelier in the world

Fermentation is 100% natural and lasts for 18 to 21 days in enameled and stainless steel cuve

providing a smooth texture