DeSante Proof White 2012 (750ml) Garnacha Peluda

DeSante Proof White 2012 (750ml) Garnacha PeludaWhere in Napa could you find a 100 year old, mixed white, un trellised vineyard you ask? That's a question never to be answered, because DeSante's Proof Vineyard isn't meant to be commercialized, or really to make wine for anyone to purchase. It's been in the possession of the same philanthropic family for the past 140 years. The owner today will not sell the fruit they produce because the local hospital had been successful in treating her mother's

the medium-bodied 2000 offers up scents of vanilla intermixed with black currant and licorice

The 2015 Château Canon-la-Gaffelière has all of its parts in check

whose motto "the future is in the past"

at an elevation above 1200 feet

comCOMMENTARY: The 2010 ZD Cabernet has developed nicely

Very nice dark colour

this is a toasty

huckleberry and faint spice on the nose

iris and dark cherries introduce the 2021 Crozes-Hermitage from Maison E

bright aromas of fresh raspberries lift

vanilla and mace

A solid effort