2021 | Cardinale Estate Red | Napa Valley Volnay Clearly their decision to wait

Clearly their decision to wait paid off

Medium tannins and moderate acidity frame the wine

intense and quite powerful

The wine is made in the ancestral method finishing fermentation in the bottle with 9 months on the lees

The medium to full-bodied palate is dense and profound

2021 | Cardinale Estate Red | Napa Valley Volnay Clearly their decision to waitTasting Notes The perfect 2021 Cabernet Sauvignon checks in as 91% Cabernet Sauvignon and 9% Merlot, all of which spent 22 months in 80% new French oak. The idea of this release is to showcase fruit from throughout the valley, and to say that winemaker Chris Carpenter succeeded would be an understatement. It boasts off the charts richness and depth as well as notes of cassis, toasted spices, graphite, tobacco, and espresso, with perfectly integrated