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Thursday, February 23, 2023 - Premiere Napa Valley; 2/22/2023-3/25/2023 (Napa, California): There was one winery I wanted to taste during my trip and that was Favia, I have long been a follow of Andy Erickson but have yet to sit down and taste through the 4 wines. Here was my chance, and wow was I not disappointed. The grapes from all 4 wines tasted are of an east/North exposure, ensuring slow ripening and not hot afternoon sun. All 4 wines showed wonderfully with my favourites the Coombsville and Cerro Sur coming up top. If you have a chance you should not hesitate to try a Favia wine.

La Magdalena is a blend of 62% Cabernet Franc and 38% Cabernet Sauvignon from Oakville Ranch. This shows dark blackcurrant, blackberry and cassis along with dark crushed aromatics of violets, anise and all spice finishing with a black tea note. The palate is more muscular and energetic versus the Cerro Sur, with dark brooding fruit, liquorice and Indian spices filling the mid-palate, there is real energy and persistence throughout, layered and deep with crushed gravel sensation on the mid-palate, this leads to a long slightly rich finish. 97++

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