Pulido-Walker 2017 Panek Vineyard Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon Brut Champagne and camphor

and camphor

and impeccably balanced

Certified organic (AB) as of 2019 in the vineyard

but the tannins are finer than they were a few years ago

Aged Comté or Gouda

Pulido-Walker 2017 Panek Vineyard Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon Brut Champagne and camphor95 points Jeb Dunnuck Appellation: St. Helena, Napa Valley Varietal: 100% Cabernet Sauvignon Clones: 6, 7, 169, and 337 Aging: 20 months in 100% French oak (80% new barrels) Barrel Coopers: Darnajou, Ermitage, and Taransaud Alcohol: 14. 7% by vol. 2017 in the Napa Valley was a year none here will soon forget. Intensive winter rains brought widespread flooding that signaled, in no uncertain terms, the end of Northern Californias drought. Summer began