Sbragia Cabernet Sauvignon Monte Rosso Vineyard 2013 sku_2237232 providing this brandy with a

providing this brandy with a full

honey-nut finish

he probably couldn’t have imagined that it would have led to the crafting of an entire family of Bourbons

it is bottled at 40% ABV

Sbragia Cabernet Sauvignon Monte Rosso Vineyard 2013 sku_2237232 providing this brandy with aMy good friend, Mike Martini, whose family bought Monte Rosso in the late 1930s, shares a couple of blocks with me every year. At 1,200 feet elevation, this is a classic mountain vineyard, resting firmly on the southwest side of the Mayacamas mountain range. Sitting above the fog line, the vineyards iron rich soils are red, rocky and well drained. The old, head pruned vines struggle for nutrients and the rich, concentrated fruit shows it. A style