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Classic Menu - Featuring
Gemstone – Facets – Napa Valley – 2021
Rating: 96 pts – Anne Sewell
Cases Produced: 500
Crafted under Winemaker Julien Fayard’s expertise, his philosophy emphasizes the importance of expressing the unique characteristics of each vineyard site and grape variety. Facets fruit is sourced from sustainably farmed vineyards in Yountville, Calistoga, and cooler sites in the southern part of the Valley, ensuring a precise balance of fruit, body, and spice.
Gemstone aged the 2021 vintage for 20 months in French oak, and in its youth, the wine’s depth, intensity, and structure hint at a long and beautiful journey for this delightful Napa Cabernet Sauvignon.
Premier Menu - Featuring
Red Car - Mohrhardt Ridge - Fort Ross-Seaview – 2019
Rating: 94 pts – Vinous
Cases Produced: 168
The Mohrhardt Ridge vineyard perfectly encapsulates our mission in viticulture & winemaking – Remote, coastal vineyards that are a challenge to farm, that bare little, yet precious fruit each vintage. Perched atop a ridge near the center of the Fort Ross – Seaview AVA, this site is home to some of the oldest and only Cabernet vines in the AVA. Morning fog, cool days and proximity to the Pacific Ocean make this site unique for growing Cabernet, culminating in wines of typicity and individuality. The 2018 growing season proved to be everything that we look for in a stellar vintage: cool and moderate temperatures, yet plenty of sunshine, lending to slow and even maturation on the vine. Our 2018 bottling was fermented in small open top tanks, using only punch downs & gravity flow, and was aged on lees for 16 months in a combination of neutral & new French Oak barrels. Bottled without fining or filtration the resulting wine is deep & layered offering rich & supple tannins that will continue to evolve for many years to come.
Iconic Menu - Featuring
Gemstone – Heritage Selection – Yountville – 2018
Rating: 95 pts – Vinous
Cases Produced: 482
Our Heritage Selection Estate Cabernet Sauvignon showcases the depth and complexity of our vineyard’s 16 different heritage clones. Fruit-forward, opulent and dense, our winemaker has an extensive palette of unique flavors from across our vineyard from which to choose. Each of the terroir-driven micro-blocks of the vineyard are vinified individually from harvest to barrel. The myriad winemaking and viticultural possibilities exhibit themselves in the inimitable layers of complexity unique to Gemstone Vineyard wines.
The 2018 Heritage Selection is full bodied and smooth, with bright blue and dark berry fruits, mocha, exotic spice and minerality across the palate. The finish is long with silky tannins that will support aging beautifully for the next 20+ years but is crafted to achieve balance and character suitable for enjoyment upon release.
