Young Inglewood Napa Valley Cabernet Franc VENN 2020 NO20230823 while citrus and floral notes

while citrus and floral notes from the Barril are introduced and strengthened by the warm viscose finish of the Mexicano

Tobacco smoke and toffee dominate the nose and palate

peach skin

Brightened with Orange peel and other citrus

No fining or filtration

Young Inglewood Napa Valley Cabernet Franc VENN 2020 NO20230823 while citrus and floral notesNapa Cabernet Franc that's aiming at Chinon rather than at a steakhouse wine list. VENN is the second label from Young Inglewood, whose family has spent nearly twenty years stewarding benchland sites at the foot of the Mayacamas first planted in the 1870s the same stretch of Napa that made the region's reputation. Here they turn the volume down: native fermentation, 22 days on skins, 20 months in mostly neutral French oak, no fining or filtration, and