Gemstone Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon Facets 2022 SPCALIFORNIA creating a wine of mineral

creating a wine of mineral precision and creamy depth that reflects winemaker Juliette Alips' education in Beaune and experience across France and Italy

Their "vigneronnes" are the wild ones: spontaneously fermented beers aged for months in old barrels on the grape lees of winemaker friends

with soils rich in magnesium

Lower entry proof means the spirit interacts more directly with the wood from day one

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

Gemstone Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon Facets 2022 SPCALIFORNIA creating a wine of mineralGemstone'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%