Napa Valley’s 2021 Cabernet Sauvignons are balm after the fire-scarred vintage of 2020. See also part 1 of this report, in which Jancis covers wineries A–K.
Samantha writes If you’d asked me, as an intern in Napa Valley in 2021, if the vintage was easy, I’d have snorted a ‘yes’ before you could blink. But looking back, 2021 had its challenges. It was the second year of intense drought and at least a few days each month from June until September hit temperatures over 100 °F/38 °C. The moderately intense heat and the drought brought yields down. But after 2020...