Ashes & Diamonds Napa Valley Rouge No. 6 MV Wine Club The farming is lutte raisonnée

The farming is lutte raisonnée — low-intervention and minimal-chemical — and the wines are fermented and aged in stainless steel only

Made from botanicals such as juniper

and that is exactly what shows up here

leaning on the cooler village of Grauves

with vanilla and white chocolate completing a generous

Ashes & Diamonds Napa Valley Rouge No. 6 MV Wine Club The farming is lutte raisonnéeRouge No. 6 is Ashes & Diamonds' most approachable red, a multi vintage Bordeaux blend made by Steve Matthiasson that treats blending across years as a craft rather than a compromise. Cabernet Sauvignon leads, fleshed out with Merlot and Cabernet Franc, all modeled on the leaner, balanced Napa wines of the 1960s and '70s. At a gentle 13. 6% alcohol, it's light on its feet, with bright cherry and blackberry over an earthy core. This is the bottle for a