TOR'Melanson Vineyard' Cabernet Sauvignon 2018

Vineyard grower, Greg Melanson, describes the location of his vineyard best. “If you look at a map of Pritchard Hill, this property is literally right in the middle of Colgin, Ovid, and Continuum. We’re real lucky to have ended up here.” Greg’s 10.5-acre Cabernet Sauvignon vineyard rests at 1200 feet in elevation and is very steep, with rows running up and down the hill while its rocky face looks down at Napa Valley’s floor. Winemaker Jeff Ames describes this newest vintage of TOR Melanson Vineyard best. “It is a plusher, richer expression of a mountain Napa Valley Cabernet than our others. A very steep and rocky hillside vineyard, this vintage proves to show minerality and intense dark fruits. As has been the case every year since 2013 when we started working with this amazing site on Pritchard Hill, there is no mistaking Melanson in the line-up of TOR Cabernets. The dark fruit profile of 2018 makes this one of the darker Melanson Cabernets we have ever made yet it still retains the intense mountain driven character that has made this a marquee site on Pritchard Hill.”