Matthiasson Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2022 OLDRIOJA with the wine spending 60

with the wine spending 60 months on the lees before disgorgement

Since 2016 the house has been run by Julien Desplans

Les Myrs is their single-vineyard old-vine Carignan

no oak to hide behind

The 2021 employs 100% whole-cluster fermentation

Matthiasson Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2022 OLDRIOJA with the wine spending 60Steve Matthiasson spent years as one of Napa's most sought after vineyard consultants before launching his own label, and his Cabernet is a quiet rebuke to modern Napa excess. The 2022 is built from organically farmed sites across the valley Rutherford for classic structure, Calistoga for dark fruit, Coombsville for minerality, Mt. Veeder for tannin and herbal lift, and Oak Knoll for softness. The blend is 93% Cab with small portions of Merlot and