Arnot-Roberts Napa Valley Cabernet Franc Watson Ranch 2024 core-no-restrictions was born - J for

was born - J for Jefferson

The wine is named for Julia Wayne

and rich chocolate and vanilla flavors

dialing back new oak and even using amphorae

let alone a single-parcel bottling

Arnot-Roberts Napa Valley Cabernet Franc Watson Ranch 2024 core-no-restrictions was born - J forWatson Ranch sits on a steep hillside on the southern edge of Napa, overlooking San Pablo Bay, with cool winds off the water and unusual calcareous clay over limestone soils that are exceedingly rare on the North Coast. The Cabernet Franc is a Loire clone block grafted in 2014 alongside the Chardonnay barely an acre, just a handful of barrels a year. The result is the opposite of typical Napa Cab Franc: airy, chalky, and lifted, with herbal lift and