2008 Salvestrin "Three D" Dr. Crane Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon, Napa Valley, California, USAABOUT THIS WINE 100% Cabernet Sauvignon, aged for 36 months in 100% new French oak. This very limited production wine is the culmination of elegant Napa Valley fruit integrated with the best barrels from France. ABOUT THIS PRODUCER It began when Italian immigrants John and Emma Salvestrin fell in love with St. Helena while visiting friends in the early 1920s. In 1932 they purchased a portion of the historic Crane Ranch, including the Victorian home of

an effect sometimes referred to as “polished tannins”

Founded in the village of Cumières in 1872 by Lucien Leclerc

but in view of the coast

With the sale of part of the domaine to Leroy and the splitting off of pieces

but Methven Family Vineyards is a special site for us

is exceptional

Domaine la Florane  represented the wines made from vines in Visan

His mission is to make the best

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The taste is intense and dry

which Jonatan says can sometimes be misconstrued as reduction

who took the domaine to ever greater heights over an extraordinary and brilliant career spanning 52 vintages