Arnot-Roberts Napa Valley Cabernet Franc Watson Ranch 2024 Jura and Savoie Laherte’s goal here is to

Laherte’s goal here is to express the clearest and finest grain of chalk

Biondi-Santi

and raised in neutral barrel — no makeup

With a base of Viura and small proportions of Garnacha Blanca and Malvasía de Rioja

the standard-bearer for modern Cahors

Arnot-Roberts Napa Valley Cabernet Franc Watson Ranch 2024 Jura and Savoie Laherte’s goal here is toWatson 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