Imagine our good fortune the day Amanda Lazare walked into our winery.One day we’re happily making wines from the Pacific Northwest, the next, we’re making Napa Valley Cabernet. We’ve heard that the Napa Valley is a world class wine producing region. There’s nothing like testing to see if certain stated propositions are true. So, here we go.

The vineyard is a two acre plot in the Oak Knoll district of the Napa Valley. It is young, very well managed. (Believe it or not, many vineyards are not in the Valley.) We cropped down to 2 tons per acre in 2006, trying to find out how concentrated we could make a Cabernet. Well, the wine turned out very concentrated! It is very, very dark, has big, sweet fruit and abundant ripe, supple tannins. This is one terrific wine! It compares very well to other highly regarded (and much more expensive) Napa Cabs.

We’re very pleased and plan to make many more Cabs off this vineyard!