Fiancetto 'Gravelly Loam' Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2024 MACON 20% Cabernet Sauvignon

20% Cabernet Sauvignon

Jacques-Frédéric Mugnier and his team began the harvest on August 28 with the Bonnes-Mares and concluded with the Clos de la Maréchale—one of the sites most impacted by hail this year—on September 8

it is a remarkable vintage to compare with Vintage 2014 and 2017

Maggy and I began our endeavor in the 1970s planting The Judge vineyard on the Kongsgaard family land near Napa

Fiancetto 'Gravelly Loam' Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2024 MACON 20% Cabernet SauvignonThe Gravelly Loam cuve certainly speaks to its source; two well drained vineyards in the cooler, southern part of the Valley floor. These vineyards are loaded with pebbles and gravel, a gravelly loam that is perfect for vines to send roots deep into the earth, bringing back a terrific mineral quality to the grapes. The wine is great aromatically, with a nose filled with high toned fruit and baking spice. Ripeness is no issue here, the wine is packed