Arnot-Roberts Napa Valley Cabernet Franc Watson Ranch 2024 070226CRISP the 1998 was made before

the 1998 was made before the property changed hands to the Garcin-Cathiard family in 2000

lemony white with powerful candied lemon and pebble notes

where he makes some of the most sought-after Syrah in France

An exceptional calvados

The Hautes Cotes de Beaune is the back country: higher

Arnot-Roberts Napa Valley Cabernet Franc Watson Ranch 2024 070226CRISP the 1998 was made beforeWatson Ranch sits on a steep hillside on the southern edge of Napa, overlooking San Pablo Bay, with cool winds off the water and unusual calcareous clay over limestone soils that are exceedingly rare on the North Coast. The Cabernet Franc is a Loire clone block grafted in 2014 alongside the Chardonnay barely an acre, just a handful of barrels a year. The result is the opposite of typical Napa Cab Franc: airy, chalky, and lifted, with herbal lift and