Cabernet Sauvignon, Coursey Graves, Napa, CA, 2019

Along the western benchlands of the Oakville AVA, is the Oakville Graves Vineyard. The mid-valley location is tempered by cool evening/morning fog that gives way to midday sunshine. And with the rising Mayacama mountains to the west, the site has a climate and gravelly soil ideal for Cabernet Sauvignon. At an elevation of 2200 feet, the Coursey Graves Howell Mountain Vineyard is another abundantly sunny, yet cool site, distinguished by its volcanic white ash soil.