Color:Deep garnet with purple hues

Nose:Raspberry, cassis, and fresh herbs mixed with vanilla bean and almond extract. Like an opulent dessert plated with precision at a French restaurant. Fresh notes fade into rich cedarwood and pipe tobacco — walking into a humidor in Havana.

Palate:Clove, cassia, and brioche from the oven. Great texture and weight. Full, broad mid-palate gives way to blue fruit — blueberries and plums. Fine-grained but huge structure on the finish. More like Cab Sauv than traditional Cab Franc given the refined tannin. Finishes like a fresh made olive oil cake with raspberry glaze — impeccably done.

Appellation:The Willow Creek District features calcareous, high-pH clay soils, steep slopes up to 30%, and a strong marine breeze cooling high diurnal temperatures.

Vineyard:G2 North sits in the Willow Creek District of Paso Robles, a stone's throw from James Berry. Steep, rocky, calcareous ground - the kind that makes a vine work for its living. Organically farmed, hand-harvested, drip-irrigated from wells on site.