Snowden Vineyards Napa Valley Cabernet Franc Melchior Kemper Vineyard 2021 CRUSEBUB Aged for 15 months in

Aged for 15 months in charred American oak barrels

A masterclass in restraint from one of Burgundy's most precise winemakers

which makes The Tribe the bottle to have on hand for events

often-overlooked grape

Snowden Vineyards Napa Valley Cabernet Franc Melchior Kemper Vineyard 2021 CRUSEBUB Aged for 15 months inMelchior Kemper farmed this Napa ranch from 1881 to 1895. Today his name sits on 962 vines of Cabernet Franc planted at 800 feet in the Vaca Mountains. The Snowden family has stewarded the land since 1955, and the wines are made by third generation Diana Snowden Seysses, who spends half her year making wine at Burgundy's Domaine Dujac. That double life shows: native yeasts, restraint, and a flat refusal to chase generic Napa richness. This is