2005 La Magdalena Napa Valley Red Wine

The 2005 La Magdalena is only the second commercial offering of this special wine, though 2008 marks ten years since we first made wine from David Abreu’s vineyard at the foot of Spring Mountain. In 1998, we received the first Cabernet Franc fruit produced from a new planting that David had established from various selections of what could be our favorite Bordeaux varietal. We have made this wine every year since. The 2005 La Magdalena is a blend of 58% Cabernet Franc and 42% Cabernet Sauvignon, both from the same vineyard. Inspired by the wines of the Right Bank in Bordeaux, the wine exudes aromas of rose petals, blackberry bramble, dried earth, and vanilla bean. On the palate, intense ripe fruit character join with notes of lavender, toasted oak, and plum clafouti.

140 cases produced.