Hundred Acre 'Wraith' Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2016 TANNAT Luxardo Maraschino Originale is still

Luxardo Maraschino Originale is still produced according to a special formula created by Girolamo Luxardo in 1821

Indigenous botanicals like California Bay and Cascara Sagrada ground bright top notes of fresh citrus

at first the wine maintains its dark forest-floor fruit character

There's an intriguing stony

The vineyards had long been neglected but were growing on complex mineral and limestone soils

Hundred Acre 'Wraith' Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2016 TANNAT Luxardo Maraschino Originale is stillThe 2016 vintage was the beginning of the end of the drought in Napa Valley. The vines were finally given a break with close to normal amount of rain in the winter preceding the vintage. 2016 was cooler overall than 2014 & 2015, it was warm and dry, but without the massive spikes in temperature that challenged the previous two years. 2016 was the kind of year where even a blind squirrel can find a nut, so most wineries could coast along and make good