Matthiasson Napa Cabernet Sauvignon 2019Varietal: Cabernet Sauvignon Steve Matthiasson dreamt of farming his entire life. He became an obsessed gardener and cook while studying philosophy in college. In 1994, while back in grad school for horticulture after three years as a bike messenger wannabe farmer, he found a job in vineyards and orchards working for a small sustainable agriculture consulting firm. In 1999 he co authored the California manual on sustainable vineyard practices. In 2002

Antica Terra is an 11 acre vineyard located on a rocky hillside in the Eola-Amity Hills of Oregon’s Willamette Valley

The Chateau Haut Ségottes is owned and operated by Danielle Meunier and her assistant

Coutoux describes the 2018 vintage as "another Burgundian classic

The wine is then blended and bottled unfined

Fermentation is with indigenous yeasts and lasts up to 6 weeks

and Gratallops vineyards are planted on steep slopes around the village of Gratallops at 250 to 600 meters above sea level

-Neil Martin

Grapes are hand-harvested and undergo a very long maceration at a low temperature—without destemming

Canalicchio and Montosoli

Pale gold color

altitudes range from 985 to 1475 feet above sea level

Rioja town with a great winemaking tradition that is located in a unique place between the Ebro River and the Sierra de Cantabria