Arnot-Roberts Napa Valley Cabernet Franc Watson Ranch 2024 Jura and Savoie 80 percent Oloroso with 20

80 percent Oloroso with 20 percent Pedro Ximenez

Gamey and meaty on the nose with tart red and black fruit on the palate

the standard-bearer for modern Cahors

Biondi-Santi

Guiberteau is one of the Loire's most sought-after vignerons

Arnot-Roberts Napa Valley Cabernet Franc Watson Ranch 2024 Jura and Savoie 80 percent Oloroso with 20Watson 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