McNab Ridge - The Napoli Vineyard Pinotage 2019 (750ml) Cabernet Franc

McNab Ridge - The Napoli Vineyard Pinotage 2019 (750ml) Cabernet FrancWe have been producing our Pinotage from this vineyard for 18 years. It recently changed ownership and has been renamed Open Hand Vineyard. We have chosen to keep the name Napoli on the label to honor our late friend, Napoli Lehnert, the grower who first brought us the idea of producing this delicious wine. This particular vintage displays aromas of jammy raspberries, blackberries, sweet plums and dark cacao. It is balanced and structured with just

This is aromatic with notes of cassis

Expressive fruit includes cassis

thanks to its freshness and aromatic character

On the palate the wine is bright

The wine has a beautiful

a little more balsamic even

production is quite low and carried out each year in a small cellar behind a local church

with lively acidity balanced with fruitiness of green apple and lemon

They are as natural as wine can get

Best drunk young

We planted eleven acres of Merlot vines in the rocky soils surrounding the winery and we believe this mountainside vineyard produces some of the finest Merlot in all of Napa Valley

the wine shows a smooth and weighty texture layered with flavors of perfectly ripe strawberries