2019 Levendi "Sweetwater" Cabernet Sauvignon, Napa Valley, California, USAABOUT THIS WINE Levendi's Sweetwater has a mission to produce classic Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon that accentuates the flavors of black cherry and dark plum. The Vintage 2019 yielded a large crop of deeply flavored wines that were aged in barrels crafted by the small artisan cooper, Treuil, alongside Remonds barrels. ABOUT THIS PRODUCER Since 1926, the Gianulias family has propagated, refined and developed the Levendi brand on Napa Valley soil to

Riffault’s wines are always crisp and high-cut with a jeweled sort of delineation that speaks to the precision and attention these wines get

These older vines have strong complexity that gives a firm structure to the mix of Pinot Noir (80%) and Chardonnay (20%)

TASTING NOTES: A light-bodied juicy wine with great acidity

spices and potting soil

The wine opens with fragrant aromas of fresh strawberries

rich in clay and the mineral manganese instead of being all granite

With the addition of her daughter Olivia Junyent to the business

The wine is then aged for 24 months in demi-muids (1/3 new oak) and tank

He carried with him the traditional Dauvissat methods of hand-harvesting and fermentation

Flavours are of butter and fresh cream

higher classification (Premier Cru) sites within the appellation currently under consideration by INAO

Paul Avril trained at several other wineries before joining the family business at Clos des Papes