2020 Far Mountain 'Fission' Cabernet Sauvignon, Sonoma Valley, USA Marie-Charlotte Pinelli and Rocche dell’Annunziata

and Rocche dell’Annunziata

cool-climate Chardonnay character: citrus oil

and élevage is long—typically in neutral to lightly used oak—with minimal intervention

but the wine is also structured

We are sourcing coveted clonal selections of Chardonnay and Pinot Noir from this bucolic oasis

2020 Far Mountain 'Fission' Cabernet Sauvignon, Sonoma Valley, USA Marie-Charlotte Pinelli and Rocche dell’AnnunziataFar Mountain the personal work of biodynamic consultants Rodrigo Soto and Mai Errazuriz, rooted in the high elevation, dry farmed sites of Sonomas isolated Moon Mountain AVA. Fission comes from their parcel in Alta Vista, a historic vineyard planted in the 1930s with now rare terraces of vines that follow the natural contour of the mountainside. This is Cabernet at its boldest, with dense, inky fruit and a bit of new oak; but the volcanic basalt and