2018 Matthiasson Phoenix Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon, Napa Valley, USA Usonia Organic and biodynamic practices

Organic and biodynamic practices

a practically unknown local grape variety

From a parcel in Santa Margherita—a limestone- and clay-rich site near Arianna Occhipinti’s home in Vittoria—this is a single-vineyard expression of Grillo that pushes far beyond the variety’s usual crisp profile

directly pressed

France 2020

2018 Matthiasson Phoenix Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon, Napa Valley, USA Usonia Organic and biodynamic practicesFrom the western benchland of St. Helena, Phoenix Vineyards gravelly alluvial fans and Mayacamas breezes give Cabernet thats ripe yet finely etched. The fruit was picked on the earlier side and fermented with native yeasts in small tanks, mostly destemmed, with gentle daily pump overs to keep the tannins fine. levage was deliberately quietlong time in older French oak to preserve vineyard voiceso the wine reads focused and savory rather than oaky.