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"Seta" is Italian for silk, which appropriately describes this lush silky blend of Semillon and Sauvignon Blanc sourced from low-yielding vines on the Silverado Trail in the Oak Knoll district.

Tasting Notes

The nose opens with fragrant white peach and melon aromas. The rich mouth feel and bright acidity develops into peach and cantaloupe flavors on the palate. The lengthy finish is a perfect compliment to this refreshing white wine that can be enjoyed over the next 4 years.

Winemaking Notes

The wine was 100% barrel-fermented to enhance the fruit's unusually rich and complex flavors. After whole-cluster pressing, the juice was racked into 25% new French oak barrels for primary fermentation induced by native yeasts. The entire lot remained on the lees for 7 months before racking, blending and bottling. This wine did not go through malolactic fermentation. Oak types: Allier, Vosges, and Troncais.

Vineyard Notes

The fruit for this wine comes from our vineyard near the Napa River. Bordering the Stags Leap District, this vineyard is dry-farmed and closely monitored during the growing season. Significant vineyard management techniques include vertical trellising, cluster thinning to 2 tons per acre and leaf removal on the east side of the vines to allow maturity. Our goal is to attain the proper balance between fruit production and vine growth.

Harvest Report

2011 vintage has been characterized as the vintage that tested winemakers alike throughout the Napa Valley. Unexpected downpours in early June caused the buds of flowering vines to fall off, severely hampering fruit set. A cold and wet spring and very mild summer did not provide enough heat to relieve grape growers of their early season woes, with many vineyards losing up to half of their normal crop. Late rain in October triggered the onset of botrytis (noble rot) in many vineyards, causing even more crop loss before harvest. All things said, however, the Bordeaux-like vintage looks to produce some interesting wines of great character for earlier-ripening varietals like Sauvignon Blanc, Merlot, and Cabernet Franc. Expect a much higher percentage of blending varietals for Cabernet Sauvignon wines and some of the lowest alcohol levels seen in a very long time.