Estate Red

Continuum is 100% estate grown. The fruit is sorted before and after de-stemming, and gravity fed into French oak or concrete tanks. A three-day cold soak is followed by fermentation, receiving three to four pumpovers daily, and délestage two to three times in total during the most active period. All lots are then drained, basket pressed, and transferred with lees into two third’s new and one third once used French oak barrels.

Continuum is estate grown on our Sage Mountain Vineyard. It’s location high on Pritchard Hill overlooks the Napa Valley and the San Francisco Bay. 38 acres of mature estate vineyard, planted in 1991 and 1996, with additional plantings in 2004 and 2010, together comprise 38 distinct vineyard blocks. Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Petit Verdot, and Merlot are grown from 1300 to 1600 feet in elevation, on western and southern facing aspects.

Continuum shows freshness, hinting at rose petal on the nose with cacao, black cherry and plum giving way to a plush, silky mid palate. Fine tannins of crushed stone and subtle undertones of tapenade are present through a beautifully persistent finish.