Arnot-Roberts Napa Valley Cabernet Franc Watson Ranch 2024 core-no-restrictions let alone a single-parcel bottling

let alone a single-parcel bottling

and rich chocolate and vanilla flavors

florally expressive (acacia

Anjou pear—held firmly by vivid acidity

Arnot-Roberts Napa Valley Cabernet Franc Watson Ranch 2024 core-no-restrictions let alone a single-parcel bottlingWatson 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