Snowden Vineyards Napa Valley Cabernet Franc Melchior Kemper Vineyard 2021 CHECK UPC it arrives as a deep

it arrives as a deep ruby wine with haunting aromatics of violets

followed by notes of honey and cereals intertwining in a symphony of aromas

The coastal location delivers salt air and dramatic seasonal temperature swings that accelerate maturation

fleshy palate with notes of iris

and it is now in the hands of Julien Desplans

Snowden Vineyards Napa Valley Cabernet Franc Melchior Kemper Vineyard 2021 CHECK UPC it arrives as a deepMelchior Kemper farmed this Napa ranch from 1881 to 1895. Today his name sits on 962 vines of Cabernet Franc planted at 800 feet in the Vaca Mountains. The Snowden family has stewarded the land since 1955, and the wines are made by third generation Diana Snowden Seysses, who spends half her year making wine at Burgundy's Domaine Dujac. That double life shows: native yeasts, restraint, and a flat refusal to chase generic Napa richness. This is