Farella Coombsville Cabernet Sauvignon Estate 2021 Lettie Teague WSJ On Wine 10% malted barley

10% malted barley

The grapes are whole-cluster pressed

and disgorged to order so it shows up fresh instead of tired

Only the free-run wine is used for Covenant Cabernet Sauvignon

Its essence lies in the water from the continuous Evian spring

Farella Coombsville Cabernet Sauvignon Estate 2021 Lettie Teague WSJ On Wine 10% malted barleyAsk a sommelier where Napa's most interesting Cabernet is coming from and they won't point at the warm valley floor they'll point south, to the cool, fog filled bowl of Coombsville. Frank Farella planted here in the late 1970s, back when the accepted wisdom was that it was too cold to ripen Cabernet. It isn't, and the payoff is a savory style of Napa Cab: ancient volcanic soils, San Pablo Bay breezes, weeks of extra hang time, and aromas that run