2023 | Fait-Main Cabernet Sauvignon "Las Piedras" | Napa Valley | USA Anthony & David Girard as green apple and mint

as green apple and mint notes slowly fade

with resonating florality and a late touch of licorice

emphasized by a buoyant acidity and solid but easy-going tannins

The tannins are still rough around the edges

sweet red cherries

2023 | Fait-Main Cabernet Sauvignon "Las Piedras" | Napa Valley | USA Anthony & David Girard as green apple and mintA Beckstoffer vineyard Napa Cabernet from a boutique cult label Fait Main's "Las Piedras." Fait Main ("handmade") is a small production Napa label. "Las Piedras" is Beckstoffer Las Piedras Vineyard in St. Helena part of the Beckstoffer portfolio of heritage sites whose name on a label signals seriously pedigreed fruit. Concentrated, polished and site driven, this is artisan Napa Cabernet from a grower whose vineyards command some of the valley's