Snowden Vineyards Napa Valley Cabernet Franc Melchior Kemper Vineyard 2021 bis-hidden These old vines produce wines

These old vines produce wines of concentration and complexity that reward patience

A great Oktoberfest-season beer

Reminds us of some of the Chardonnay’s that Ganevat produces but for less than half the price

Made with 80% whole bunches and no punch-downs

is usually reserved as a blending grape

Snowden Vineyards Napa Valley Cabernet Franc Melchior Kemper Vineyard 2021 bis-hidden These old vines produce winesMelchior 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