Gemstone Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon Facets 2022 SPCALIFORNIA nothing to soften the edges

nothing to soften the edges or hide behind

This Cabernet Sauvignon-led blend from the 15th-century Château de Pez shows the succulence that defines young Saint-Estèphe

and the wine is finished as brut nature so the fruit and aged complexity carry through without dosage

but always with that Côte des Blancs line of acidity running straight down the middle

This is her Viognier

Gemstone Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon Facets 2022 SPCALIFORNIA nothing to soften the edgesGemstone's estate vineyard sits in Yountville, and Facets is the wine that lets the team play outside their own fence fruit pulled from choice sites around Yountville and Oak Knoll, put together by Julien Fayard, who took over the winemaking in 2021. You get the polish of a serious Napa Cabernet program without the estate bottle's demand for patience. Grapes are pressed gently straight to barrel and the wine spends up to 18 months in French oak, 40%