2020 Ghost Block, Yountville
This was our fifth vintage from this iconic vineyard. In a way, it was our comfort with the farming and the vines themselves that gave us the confidence to see this year through. We are so glad that we did. This is an endearing wine from a vineyard that has seen it all over its 100+ years.
This was our fifth vintage from this iconic vineyard. In a way, it was our comfort with the farming and the vines themselves that gave us the confidence to see this year through. We are so glad that we did. This is an endearing wine from a vineyard that has seen it all over its 100+ years.
This was our fifth vintage from this iconic vineyard. In a way, it was our comfort with the farming and the vines themselves that gave us the confidence to see this year through. We are so glad that we did. This is an endearing wine from a vineyard that has seen it all over its 100+ years.
100% Cabernet Sauvignon
Yountville AVA
Picked on September 10, 2020
Aged 22 months in French Oak using 25% new barrels
13.7% Alcohol by Volume
3.52 pH
Napa Valley: 2020 by Lisa Perrotti-Brown, MW | The Wine Independent | 29th Jun 2022
One thing that stands out about 2020 is how similar the growing season was to 2017, right down to the Labor Day heatwave and, of course, the fires. Yet the 2020 wines I’ve tasted so far are very different from the 17s and most likely better overall. … I remain optimistic that a small number of stellar wines will rise out of the destruction of the 2020 vintage. The few 2020 whites I have reviewed with this report reveal rich, generous, warmer vintage signatures that will give a lot of pleasure...