2011 Matthiasson Napa Valley Red California, USA #ilparadisodimanfredi from an ancient indigenous variety

from an ancient indigenous variety of Chardonnay) and its Savagnin La Pierre (a true treat of a wine

300’ above Napa on the eastern rim of the Valley has both the power and grace we look for in this Bordeaux-inspired wine

The fruit and resulting wine revels in crisp

An ephemeral cuvée

Hand-harvested on October 10th

2011 Matthiasson Napa Valley Red California, USA #ilparadisodimanfredi from an ancient indigenous varietyThe 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