Wine Enthusiast: Volcanic Hillsides and Historic Vineyards: Meet Napa’s Mayacamas Region

Wine Enthusiast: Volcanic Hillsides and Historic Vineyards: Meet Napa’s Mayacamas Region
Virginie Boone, June 2022

“…Julien Fayard makes the BRION and Julien Fayard Sleeping Lady Cabernets. “The vineyard gets a lot of morning light and morning cooling,” he says. “Sleeping Lady is closer to the mountain and closer to the Bay, slightly sloped to the east and not prone to sunburn or heat damage. The grapes get a little longer hangtime, the tannins are more complete. There’s a lot of minerality and complex density.”

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