Dakota Shy Oakville Ranch Vineyard Cabernet Franc Oakville, USA 2019

VINTAGE : 2019

COUNTRY : USA

REGION/APPELLATION : California, Napa Valley

VARIETALS : 75% Cabernet Franc, 25% Cabernet Sauvignon

TASTING NOTES

Exotic dark fruits, bay leaf and thyme – powerful and dense with a remarkable freshness and verve. A truly unique wine each year, the 2019 is totally compelling. Powerfully structure frames intense dark fruits and complex grilled herb flavors. The mid-palate texture is all silk over a powerful core of plush tannin. Every year this makes an extraordinary Cabernet Franc.

OAKVILLE RANCH VINEYARD

The spectacular Oakville Ranch Vineyard is located in the eastern hills of Oakville and ranges from an elevation of 600 to 1,000 feet. Views from here span the entire Napa Valley and south to the San Francisco. Just below the Pritchard Hill AVA and just above Dalla Valle, Peter Michael’s Au Pardis vineyard and Turnbull’s Fortuna – this is a sweet-spot in the valley for some of Napa’s most heralded wines.

Vineyard manager Phil Coturri does a remarkable job with the vines in these rocky, red volcanic clay loam soils – nurturing the development of Cabernet Sauvignon and Cabernet Franc with incredible power and richness as well as distinctive energy and brightness.

Dakota Shy sources from three blocks of Cabernet Franc and three blocks of Cabernet Sauvignon with a range of clones and rootsocks. The Cabernet Franc and Cabernet Sauvignon lots are fermented separately and portions are carefully blended with a some going to the Oakville Ranch single vineyard Cabernet Franc and the balance going into our Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon blend.