Ashes & Diamonds Napa Valley Cabernet Franc 2022 CS20231023 keeps enough acidity underneath that

keeps enough acidity underneath that the wine never collapses into pure butter

"Pleo" is their classic Gavi

chalky and saline and precise

Corbieres has a reputation for brawn

Ashes & Diamonds Napa Valley Cabernet Franc 2022 CS20231023 keeps enough acidity underneath thatAshes & Diamonds is a love letter to Napa as it was in the 1960s and '70s, when wines were leaner, brighter, and made for the dinner table rather than the trophy case. Founder Kashy Khaledi assembled a dream team of light handed winemakers, including Steve Matthiasson and Diana Snowden Seysses, to chase that restrained, food friendly vision. This Cabernet Franc pulls from cooler southern Napa sites in Carneros, Oak Knoll, and Yountville, fermented in