2012 Smith-Madrone Estate Cabernet Sauvignon Cabernet Franc 30% Pinot Meunier — aged

30% Pinot Meunier — aged a full 60 months on the lees with just 1g of dosage

This can be matched with all fare

Cardamaro comes from an Italian family producing wine and amaro since 1820 in Canelli

2023 was a cool vintage

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2012 Smith-Madrone Estate Cabernet Sauvignon Cabernet Franc 30% Pinot Meunier — agedA library release and a genuine gift the 2012 Smith Madrone Estate Cabernet Sauvignon is now in a glorious drinking window, with blackberry, dark cherry, graphite, mountain herbs, and cocoa seamlessly integrated after over a decade on volcanic Spring Mountain soils, its tannins silky and fully resolved. 2012 was Napa's most abundant and approachable vintage in years warm, even, and generous, coming as a blessed reprieve after two difficult harvests