ATLAS PEAK

Atlas Peak has been producing wines of renown since 1870. Located in Napa Valley’s famed eastern mountains, Atlas Peak is regularly cooler than Napa Valley’s other mountain AVAs, and significantly cooler than the valley floor. On a 100o F afternoon on the valley floor, our Attelas and Edcora estate vineyards are typically 5o to 10o F cooler, ensuring abundant hangtime and ideal ripeness for our grapes. Atlas Peak benefits from a diurnal temperature variation of as much as 50o F, which helps the grapes to maintain excellent natural acidity and earthy minerality—signatures of our Acumen wines.

2022 VINTAGE

The 2022 growing season began with generous winter rains, followed by a cool, dry spring. The weather throughout summer was ideal with no days above 100 degrees Farenheit until a significant Labor Day heat event. With strong canopies, plenty of water for irrigation, and a cool, high-elevation climate, our vineyards were able to mitigate the heat and produced grapes of exceptional quality and concentration. 

NOTES FROM OUR WINEMAKER

This alluring wine offers concentrated aromas of luscious blackberry, black cherry,crème de cassis, flashy oak spice, cedar, roasted coffee and anise. On the rich palate,it is layered and beautifully smooth, with integrated mountain tannins, voluptuousdark berry uit and flavors of clove, cinnamon, vanilla bean and toasted oak thatglide to a long, complex finish.

WINE FACTS

• Harvest dates: October 1 - 25, 2022
• 95% Cabernet Sauvignon and 5% Petit Verdot
• New French oak: 75%
• Bottling date: June 2024
• Production: 1300 cases produced