Desire Lines Lichau Hill Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon, Petaluma Gap, USA 2022 Rhone Valley and saline

and saline

yet it’s going to have a solid 10- to 15-year drink window

balancing concentrated fruit with vibrant acidity and finely sculpted tannins that promise decades of graceful evolution

The Pinot side is three acres spread across 8 blocks

the 2020 Lirac is a fruit bomb done beautifully

Desire Lines Lichau Hill Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon, Petaluma Gap, USA 2022 Rhone Valley and saline2022 Lichau Hill Cabernet Sauvignon proves one of my favorite wine rules look to cool sites in warm years. 2022 was a warm and dry year, which brings a degree of richness and generosity to an otherwise classically built wine. The vines at Lichau Hill are relatively old for Cabernet, having been planted in 1999, and must be deeply rooted for how little irrigation they require. They weathered the heat dome of 2022 without any trouble, which came well