Nose

A deeply hued wine with aromas of Bing cherry, blackberry briar and hints of fresh cut pine, roast coffee, vanillin and toasty oak.

Palate

Juicy and fresh on the palate with ripe plum, currant, anise, black olive and black pepper spice intertwined with cocoa and dusty fine-grained tannins. A classically structured Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon with a lingering, opulent finish.

Growing Conditions

Grapes are sourced from St. Supéry’s 202ha planted Dollarhide Estate Vineyard in Napa’s northeastern hills, as well as from their Rutherford Estate Vineyard.

The growing season of 2021 saw extremely low rainfall followed by a warm summer. The result of this season was an early harvest and a light yielding crop. These growing conditions typically correspond to a high quality fruit and low yields. Overall 2021 did not disappoint, creating wines with opulent aromatics, terrific volume and flavors with tremendous persistence.

Harvest

The fruit was hand-harvested in the cool morning hours and clusters were sorted using a double sorting system.

August 23 - October 13, 2021

Bottling

June 21 - 23, 2023

Winemaking

First they were sorted by hand, then ran through a small de-stemmer before individual berries were sorted. Fruit was delivered to a fermenter where warm fermentation temperatures were encouraged along with gentle cap maceration to achieve the desired color and structure for the wine before an extended maceration time on skins. The wine was transferred directly to barrel for 18 months of maturation.