2016 Matthiasson Napa Valley Red California, USA Stephane Lucas including granites

including granites

Raised 8-9 months in three neutral 500L French-oak barrels

simply fruited

We could have gone the French way and use a synonym of premium-cru to identify the extra quality within the appellation area

run into Zoltán Balogh from Apátsági Winery

2016 Matthiasson Napa Valley Red California, USA Stephane Lucas including granitesThe 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