2020 Maître de Chai "Gala Mountain" Cabernet Sauvignon, Napa Valley, California, USAABOUT THIS WINE When Marty and Alex first walked into this vineyard, they knew they HAD to work with this fruit even though working with Cabernet was never in the plan. Planted in 1992 on rocky volcanic bedrock on the slopes of Mt. George, about 1000ft above the floor of the Napa Valleythis is just high enough to get constant breezes from the San Pablo Bay. Converted to biodynamic farming from organic in 2018, this farmed by hand. A beautifully unique

located high above the fog inversion line at an altitude of 1

Château La Gaffelière

All of Johannes’ wines carry his individual signature and show off the varied greatness of the Rüdesheim terroir from which they are born

Coudoulet is often considered the baby Beaucastel

older foudres

Sourced from several plots all situated in the lieu-dit of Les Boucauds

in order to allow them to fully express their terroir

some nice dry weather came in time for veraison with mild to cool temperatures during the day and cool to cold at nights

This Austrian variety has been grown by Dale Ricci

) and finished mid-September with the grapes reaching optimum ripeness

Buena Vista and Gary Farrell to name a few

the winemaker and a legend in his time was the mentor of Dirk