The Wines / The Ascension of Hope
The Ascension of Hope · Red Label
2018 Calistoga Cabernet Franc
The Ascension of Hope · 2018 · Cabernet Franc · Calistoga
$80750 ml
- Appellation
- Calistoga, Napa Valley
- Composition
- 75% Cabernet Franc, 25% Merlot
- Vineyards
- Storybook · Frediani old vines
- Barrel
- 36 months
- Format
- 750 ml
The second vintage of the red label. Cabernet Franc off the historic Storybook Vineyard at the northern end of Napa Valley, blended with Merlot from old vines in the Frediani Vineyard. Cherry and spice.
Thirty-six months in barrel have already done the waiting for you. This is the one on the list made to be opened on release rather than laid down.
The only blend we make. The other two are single-varietal and we will tell you so plainly — this one earns its 25% honestly.
- The label
- A boy in grey reaching up toward a white balloon against a field of red.