Favia 'Cerro Sur' Red 2014Napa Valley

"The fruit for our Cerro Sur ("South Hill") bottling comes from a breathtaking mountaintop block of Cabernet Franc, planted nearly 40 years ago on the famed Rancho Chimiles, high in the Vaca Mountains. Having produced this wine for more than a decade, we can confidently say that this is truly a wine from a very special terroir. The vines consistently produce wines of power, energy, balance and complexity. For the second vintage in a row, the Cabernet Franc character in the 2014 vintage is so strong, only a small percentage of Cabernet Sauvignon was needed to round out the wine and provide a core of black fruit. The most recent offering of Cerro Sur shows lively energy and notes of bing cherry, plum clafoutis, black tea and orange oil. The generosity of the wine is persistent; deeply layered, it opens to flavors of cinnamon, lavender, cocoa, cardamom, and candied ginger. This flavor intensity carries through on the finish; a complex wine, with a long life ahead of it." This 2014 is comprised of 85% Cabernet Franc and 15% Cabernet Sauvignon. 440 cases were produced.