Tasting notes:

A rare example of non-irrigated Cabernet from Sonoma Mountain, an underground spring allows the vines for this powerful wine to thrive ‘dryfarmed’ – hence the name. A surprising wine, deeply-coloured and rich in aromas, flavours and texture, this 2021 vintage tastes as though it has just been bottled, and could clearly age for many years, gradually softening and developing complexity as it does. For now, however, it’s a delicious and mouthfilling mix of creamy vanilla, charred bread and ripe fruits from blackberry to cherry and blackcurrant, which also features a dense mass of fine, dry tannins to frame this wine’s sweet, fleshy core.(Patrick Schmitt MW)