Winemaker Notes
Sourced primarily from Napa’s famed Pritchard Hill, the 2018 Veraison Cabernet delivers on the promise of the region with seemingly endless depth and layers. Aromas of iris, black licorice and black currant with a pinch of white pepper. The palate opens with lush milk chocolate while flavors of café latte and blackberry ride along elegant tannins and bright acidity to a sumptuous finish of ripe, velvety mission fig and a dusting of cocoa.
Food Pairing – pepper-crusted ribeye with crushed garlic and rosemary-mashed potatoes or roasted eggplant with garlic and hoisin sauce.
Robert Parker 93 Points
Jeb Dunnuck 92 Points
About Krupp Brothers
Rising high above marine layer fog in the Vaca Mountains with red, volcanic rocky soil, Stageoach Vineyard produces some of Napa Valley’s most coveted fruit. Dr. Jan Krupp hand selected his favorite blocks for Krupp Brothers to create wines of great intensity, nuance and structure.
Jan and his brother Bart fell in love with the rugged mountain site that would become one of Napa’s most iconic vineyards. Despite its harsh desert landscape – riddled with rocks and boulders, and choked with chaparral with no known water source and no road access – they saw the makings of a world-class vineyard. In 1995, with the help of a water witch, the removal of more than 1 million tons of rock, and the construction of a snaking road requiring 135 legal documents, Stagecoach Vineyard was born. Today, Stagecoach is the largest contiguous vineyard in Napa, providing fruit for some of the area’s finest wineries.
