Opens with a nose of orange blossom, mandarin, apricot and white peach all wrapped in beeswax and lifted minerality. Grilled pineapple notes emerge with air as the aromas get denser. It has weight and structure on the palate, but also superb balance with a mélange of stone fruit riding a honeyed beam of acidity. It’s a touch wound up on the mid-palate, but that will resolve quickly in the bottle as the fruit rapidly reemerges in a long, pure finish. Indeed, this would make a very fine wine for your Thanksgiving feast.

Style: Medium, Smooth
Flavors: Apricot, Peach

Cam Confidential

This is sourced from what is probably the best Rhône white blend program in Napa Valley. A textbook example of soaring, crackling wine harvested from one of Napa’s legendary hillside vineyards and produced by one of Napa Valley’s most talented consulting winemakers with no expense spared.

Lucky for us, transition has been afoot, and we’ve been given the opportunity to get our hands on only 150 cases of this stunning project. Lot 577 is the same wine that the winery sells for over $60/bottle, and is a signature offering in every sense of the word.

Vinification
Vintage: 2016
Online price: $18
Appellation: Napa Valley 100%
Grape: Marsanne 55%, Roussanne 45%
Alcohol by volume: 15%
Cases Produced: 150
Drink/Hold: Now through 2024

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