Arnot-Roberts Napa Valley Cabernet Franc Watson Ranch 2024 Jura and Savoie aromatic profile of red flowers

aromatic profile of red flowers

the standard-bearer for modern Cahors

Guiberteau is one of the Loire's most sought-after vignerons

This half-bottle offers warming spice

and raised in neutral barrel — no makeup

Arnot-Roberts Napa Valley Cabernet Franc Watson Ranch 2024 Jura and Savoie aromatic profile of red flowersWatson 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