Arnot-Roberts Napa Valley Cabernet Franc Watson Ranch 2024 event-sold-out Livio Sassetti was among the

Livio Sassetti was among the founders of Brunello's consortium in 1967

planted in limestone-rich alluvial soils

Bright and elegant Rose Champagne that has hints of earth and structure making an excellent food pairing wine too

and crushed rocks layer together with black cherry and new leather

volcanic gabbro soil

Arnot-Roberts Napa Valley Cabernet Franc Watson Ranch 2024 event-sold-out Livio Sassetti was among theWatson 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