Isabella Francesca Malbec Petite Verdot

• Vintage: 2018
• Varietal: Red Blend
• Appellation: Napa Valley
• Alcohol: 14.7%

This luscious unique blend shows blackberries, violets, ripe currants with essences of black pepper, ripe black olive, and creamy blueberry. This wine was sourced from a unique vineyard planted in a long strip within the California Delta town of Brentwood and features hot days and cool, breezy nights with the San Francisco Bay lying just to the north. The well-draining, rich sandy loam soil produced perfectly ripe Malbec and Petite Verdot grapes that were hand-picked and aged in a combination of French and Italian coopered oak.

Napa Valley

World-renowned for its expensive Cabernet Sauvignon wines, Napa Valley was the second AVA established in the United States in 1981. Aside from its power-packed Cabs, there are an incredible amount of gorgeous wines made here. With just over 45,000 acres of vines planted, there’s almost one acre for every person employed in Napa! Spanning about 30 miles from Napa north to Calistoga, tectonic plate shifting created the valley 40 million years ago. The often mispronounced Mayacamas Mountains flank its western border, while the Vaca Mountains rise to the east of the valley.