2020 Far Mountain 'Fission' Cabernet Sauvignon, Sonoma Valley, USA An Approach to Relaxation and malolactic fermentation is allowed

and malolactic fermentation is allowed to occur

The wines are quite classic in some ways but also contemporary in their sense of polish

All the vineyards are owned by the Ciolli family and lie on the gentle slopes of a hill few kilometers south of Olevano

they harvested grapes at dawn

These arenot re-distilled

2020 Far Mountain 'Fission' Cabernet Sauvignon, Sonoma Valley, USA An Approach to Relaxation and malolactic fermentation is allowedFar Mountain the personal work of biodynamic consultants Rodrigo Soto and Mai Errazuriz, rooted in the high elevation, dry farmed sites of Sonomas isolated Moon Mountain AVA. Fission comes from their parcel in Alta Vista, a historic vineyard planted in the 1930s with now rare terraces of vines that follow the natural contour of the mountainside. This is Cabernet at its boldest, with dense, inky fruit and a bit of new oak; but the volcanic basalt and