Quilt 2017

2017 Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon – For the Quilt Napa Valley, we focused on vineyards with well-draining, low-nutritive soils that stress the vines. The result of these soils is a grape crop with extraordinary concentration of flavor, color and texture. While the majority of the fruit comes from the floor of the Napa Valley to achieve the richness and elegance desired, we also relied on some grapes grown in the well-drained gravelly soils of the side slopes along with high elevation in the mountainous areas for a blend with more structure and complexity than we could have achieved had we used fruit grown solely in a single region. Napa Valley AVAs: Oakville, St. Helena, Atlas Peak, Coombsville, Oak Knoll, Calistoga, and Howell Mountain.



2017 Growing Season – The winter of 2017 in the Napa Valley was one of the coldest and wettest on record with rainfall that was 200 to 300% above normal. Spring arrived with warm weather resulting in uniform and healthy grapevine growth. While April and May experienced above normal rainfall and temperatures that alternated between cold and hot weather, no frost events were recorded, bloom started i