Pilcrow Cabernet Sauvignon Granit Lake 2021 Region_Walker Bay and a savory umami core

and a savory umami core

For cheese

pan-seared veal with a white wine and mushroom reduction

40% of the grist was whole kernel blue and purple Oaxacan corn we ground ourselves

Pilcrow Cabernet Sauvignon Granit Lake 2021 Region_Walker Bay and a savory umami coreThe Land Howell Mountain sits 1,800 to 2,200 feet above Napa Valley, above the marine fog line that moderates the valley floor. Granite Lake Vineyard is on the ridgeline itself, at 2,097 feet, which is at the upper limit of where Cabernet can ripen in California without losing structure. The soils are red, iron rich, and volcanic, low in nutrients and low in vigor. Mountain fruit is not the same animal as valley floor fruit: Howell Mountain Cabernet