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Tasting Note
Deep, opaque garnet. Redcurrant, ripe huckleberry, violet and dried herbs, then wild blackberry, plum, tobacco leaf and baking spice. Energetic and structured, with silky, fine-grained tannins and a long finish.
Drink it with: lamb shanks, a rich casserole or game birds.
The Winemaking
Hand-picked at night and fermented with native and cultured yeasts, with spontaneous malolactic in barrel. Eighteen months in French oak (13% new), very low sulphur, bottled unfined.
The Vineyards
Napa Valley fruit from a mild, dry 2022 season, finished by a warm late summer, giving fresh acidity, energy and complexity.
The Producer
Paul Hobbs grew up on a farm on the US East Coast and trained in medicine before turning to wine, studying at UC Davis. That scientific precision runs through his wines, and he was an early champion of low-intervention winemaking. Crossbarn is his range from top Sonoma Coast and Napa vineyards.
The Details
Tasting Note
Deep, opaque garnet. Redcurrant, ripe huckleberry, violet and dried herbs, then wild blackberry, plum, tobacco leaf and baking spice. Energetic and structured, with silky, fine-grained tannins and a long finish.
Drink it with: lamb shanks, a rich casserole or game birds.
The Winemaking
Hand-picked at night and fermented with native and cultured yeasts, with spontaneous malolactic in barrel. Eighteen months in French oak (13% new), very low sulphur, bottled unfined.
The Vineyards
Napa Valley fruit from a mild, dry 2022 season, finished by a warm late summer, giving fresh acidity, energy and complexity.
The Producer
Paul Hobbs grew up on a farm on the US East Coast and trained in medicine before turning to wine, studying at UC Davis. That scientific precision runs through his wines, and he was an early champion of low-intervention winemaking. Crossbarn is his range from top Sonoma Coast and Napa vineyards.
The Details