2012 Smith-Madrone Estate Cabernet Sauvignon Cabernet Franc 2023 was a cool vintage

2023 was a cool vintage

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30% Pinot Meunier — aged a full 60 months on the lees with just 1g of dosage

The 2022 San Andreas has fruit from 34 distinct farming blocks

2012 Smith-Madrone Estate Cabernet Sauvignon Cabernet Franc 2023 was a cool vintageA library release and a genuine gift the 2012 Smith Madrone Estate Cabernet Sauvignon is now in a glorious drinking window, with blackberry, dark cherry, graphite, mountain herbs, and cocoa seamlessly integrated after over a decade on volcanic Spring Mountain soils, its tannins silky and fully resolved. 2012 was Napa's most abundant and approachable vintage in years warm, even, and generous, coming as a blessed reprieve after two difficult harvests