2021 Far Mountain Fission Cabernet Sauvignon, Sonoma Valley, USA Coteaux de Trumao a particularly hot and humid

a particularly hot and humid one in 2022

harvested together and co-fermented without added yeasts or temperature stabilization

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a viticulture consulting client of Steve’s

From vines averaging 25 years old in the Buonivini contrada in the commune of Pachino on the extreme southeastern tip of Sicily (only 7 kilometers from both the Ionian and Mediterranean seas)

2021 Far Mountain Fission Cabernet Sauvignon, Sonoma Valley, USA Coteaux de Trumao a particularly hot and humidThis is 100% Cabernet Sauvignon from the Alta Vista (Gold Ranch) Vineyard high on Moon Mountain, a heritage site of dry farmed vines planted in the early 1970s on St. George rootstock and head trained on rocky, volcanic slopes. levage is deliberately restrained: about one year in French oak (about 35% new) with no racking until the final blend, preserving the vineyards dark, mineral profile. The wine is taut and savoryblackcurrant and wild mountain