79% Cabernet Sauvignon, 15% Malbec, 4% Petit Verdot, 1% Merlot, 1% Cabernet Franc

Food pairings: braised beef short ribs (pictured above), dry-aged ribeye or portherhouse, filet mignon with a blackberry reduction, roasted lamb chops with rosemary, wild mushroom risotto (pictured above), cheeses such as aged Gouda or Parmigiano-Reggiano

WINERY
After Jack and Jamie Davies revived the historic Schramsberg property in Napa Valley, their son, Hugh Davies (pictured above with his wife, Monique), initiated a red wine program using the family’s estate vineyards on Diamond Mountain. Starting in the 1990s, Hugh undertook the replanting of the home property to red Bordeaux varietals leading to the J. Davies Cabernet program; he later partnered with North Coast growers to launch Davies Vineyards Pinot Noirs.

WINE
The Davies family, proprietors of Schramsberg and Davies Vineyards in Napa Valley, presents its twenty second vintage of Cabernet Sauvignon crafted from the historic Diamond Mountain property they purchased in 1965. The estate vineyards were replanted to Bordeaux varietals beginning in 1994, and the J. Davies Estate Cabernet Sauvignon was first released in 2004 (2001 vintage). This offering is the creation of two generations of the Davies family, the product of an intimate knowledge of this property, reflecting their passion to craft delicious red wine. The wine is named in honor of patriarch Jack L. Davies, who along with his wife, Jamie, revived the Schramsberg property and established the  preeminent American sparkling wine house 60 years ago.

VINEYARDS
The 46 acres of vineyards span four distinct pockets at 500– 1,000 feet, including Napa Valley’s first hillside plantings by Jacob Schram in 1862, the McEachran parcel (1878), and the Claes parcel (1984). As the southernmost sites in the Diamond Mountain District AVA, flanked by Nash and Ritchie Creeks and forested slopes, they yield late-ripening, intensely concentrated fruit at just two tons per acre.