Snowden Vineyards Napa Valley Cabernet Franc Melchior Kemper Vineyard 2021 CRUSEBUB breezy seaside white — this

breezy seaside white — this is the serious cousin

chamomile flowers

Aged for 15 months in charred American oak barrels

A masterclass in restraint from one of Burgundy's most precise winemakers

The wine has an elegant aroma with notes of blackber-ry and raspberry

Snowden Vineyards Napa Valley Cabernet Franc Melchior Kemper Vineyard 2021 CRUSEBUB breezy seaside white — thisMelchior 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