2021 | Macauley 'Stagecoach' Cabernet Sauvignon | Napa Valley Potter Valley including a parcel of Auxerrois

including a parcel of Auxerrois planted in 1943 and 1946

Aromas of grilled peaches kissed with sea salt and white flowers leap out of the glass of this wine

chalk and biscuit

the first vintage vinified by Derain

Aged in both old and new oak barrels for a weightier texture that is still balanced

2021 | Macauley 'Stagecoach' Cabernet Sauvignon | Napa Valley Potter Valley including a parcel of AuxerroisThis is from a block of Stagecoach vineyard grapes planted to clone 685, aged in Taransaud, Daranjou, and Sylvain oak for 22 months, racked twice. The clone brings loads of colour and texture as the berries are small and concentrated, bringing loads of fragrant dark berry aromatics matched by super compact, velvety tannins that have a real intensity to them. The wine is bright and fresh, lifted and fragrant with herbal sagebrush notes and finishes