Snowden Vineyards Napa Valley Cabernet Franc Melchior Kemper Vineyard 2021 bis-hidden is usually reserved as a

is usually reserved as a blending grape

Made with 80% whole bunches and no punch-downs

Farmed organically and pulled from a patchwork of lieux-dits across the appellation

crunchy pomegranate

Snowden Vineyards Napa Valley Cabernet Franc Melchior Kemper Vineyard 2021 bis-hidden is usually reserved as aMelchior Kemper farmed this Napa ranch from 1881 to 1895. Today his name sits on 962 vines of Cabernet Franc planted at 800 feet in the Vaca Mountains. The Snowden family has stewarded the land since 1955, and the wines are made by third generation Diana Snowden Seysses, who spends half her year making wine at Burgundy's Domaine Dujac. That double life shows: native yeasts, restraint, and a flat refusal to chase generic Napa richness. This is