The Debate Box Cabernet Sauvignon Rutherford California 2017

The Debate Box - Cabernet Sauvignon Rutherford Napa Valley California 2017

There are 3 wines in this box with 3 different vineyards.

This box consists of:
1 bottle of Denali Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon 14.5%
1 bottle of Artalade Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon 14.8%
1 bottle of Sacrashe Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon 15.1%

Denali is west to southwest facing St Helena vineyard overlooks Joseph Phelps Vineyard at about 500 feet of elevation. The gravelly and sandy loam vineyard is shared between renowned winemakers Michel Rolland, Celia Welch, Phillipe Melka, Thomas Brown and ours truly Jean Hoefliger. It is the warmest and earliest ripening Cabernet Sauvignon site with a beautiful terraced vineyard that produces small, concentrated berries with a lot of personality.

Artalade Vineyard is a portion of the Montanga Estate located on Pritchard Hill, neighboring famous estates such as Colgin, Chappellet and Tusk. Pritchard Hill is known for its volcanic and iron soils with a hint of clay. Artalade sits in a unique geographical part of the "hill" perched at the edge of the Vaca Mountain Range at 1,100 feet in altitude.