2018 Arnot-Roberts Fellom Ranch Cabernet Sauvignon Santa Cruz Mountains, USA 1.5L Magnum Azores the wine is now 100%

the wine is now 100% from Cramant with the fruit coming from two different lieux-dits in the village

it was still too far from finished to bottle

Off the charts on Price to Quality ratio

but Pinot Gris was chosen almost as a sort of frost protection

with a roundness balanced by vibrant citrus and an underlying minerality

2018 Arnot-Roberts Fellom Ranch Cabernet Sauvignon Santa Cruz Mountains, USA 1.5L Magnum Azores the wine is now 100%34 year old vines grown in Franciscan shale and sandy loam over limestone at 2,200 in the Santa Cruz Mountains at the top of Montebello Road above Cupertino. Fermented 30% whole cluster with native yeast, and basket pressed to 33% new French oak barrels for 22 months. 10 barrels produced.