2013 Matthiasson Napa Valley Red California, USA Climens although its rapier-like acidity remains

although its rapier-like acidity remains the wine’s predominant structural element

The soil consists of clay-loam with a high amount of calcium on marine sediments subsoil

Grapes are direct-pressed into 600L demi-muids for fermentation and 22 month elevage

This rosé pet nat is 100% Garnacha from two small 70-year-old

allows the wine to breath and get rid of the young

2013 Matthiasson Napa Valley Red California, USA Climens although its rapier-like acidity remainsThe Red Hen Merlot Vineyard, along Dry Creek, at the very top of the creeks alluvial fan, is a warm site withvery light and thin soils, composed of a foot of silty loam sitting on top of at least 20 feet of pure cobble. The vines are naturally small berried and early ripening. The stress results in extremely low yields, barely making over a ton per acre of intense and concentrated fruit. In the 1950s through the 1970s, this block produced the top