Inspiration
Spinning Plates is a twofold metaphor. It refers to the level of focus and attention to detail it takes for thousands of variables to fall into place to make not just good—but truly GREAT—wine. It also refers to our love of music: spinning unforgettable records to set the mood for work, for meditation, for entertaining.
While the label for this wine will change every vintage, the 2021 is a retro-modern collage commissioned from Montreal street artist “Tone,” and inspired by Patrice’s passion for music, modern art, culture, and history. In each three-pack each year, one bottle’s label will be in color.
Terroir
Drawn mostly from the warmer north end of the Napa Valley, this is a blend of fruit from vineyards in Oakville, Rutherford, Stags Leap District, and Calistoga. We choose a diverse blend of appellations and hillside exposures to ensure the most multifaceted, complete wine we can muster. Our winemaker partners also help us spot fantastic fruit from their consulting clients, which all but guarantees an elite standard of quality.
Cépage
Primarily Cabernet Sauvignon, complimented by Merlot, Petit Verdot, and Cabernet Franc.
Tasting Notes
Spinning Plates is our Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon, often offering up flavors like ripe blue and black berries, black cherry, graphite, dark chocolate, tobacco leaf, and herbs. Complex and concentrated with abundant fine tannins, we make this to be a full bodied wine that showcases extraordinary balance, fine ripe structure, pliancy, and a long, mineral, and juicy finish.
Production
60 barrels (1,500 cases) as of 2021, 2,500 cases in 2023.
Release Season
Fall