Ad Ripa Happy Canyon of Santa Barbara Cabernet Sauvignon 2022 NO20230823 The farming is organic-going-on-biodynamic

The farming is organic-going-on-biodynamic

Maison Chantereves—the micro-négociant team of Tomoko Kuriyama and Guillaume Bott—sources this Premier Cru from Nuits-Saint-Georges' prized Aux Chaignots vineyard and transforms it into clean

but supported by a mineral backbone

A Franco-Scottish conversation in a glass

Bernard is the patriarch

Ad Ripa Happy Canyon of Santa Barbara Cabernet Sauvignon 2022 NO20230823 The farming is organic-going-on-biodynamicJustin Willett built his reputation on cool climate Pinot Noir and Chardonnay at Tyler and Lieu Dit, so Ad Ripa, his Cabernet focused project, came as a surprise. The fruit is sourced from Happy Canyon Vineyard and China Blue Vineyard, the two flagship sites of the Happy Canyon AVA at the warm eastern edge of the Santa Ynez Valley. Twenty two months in French oak (50% new), then bottled unfined and unfiltered. This is not a Napa style Cab. It's medium