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Hello Mountain Wine Club!

Your February 2026 shipment is on the way, featuring some of our finest selections: the 2022 Restricted Diamond Mountain Cabernet Sauvignon, the 2022 Hickinbotham Trueman Cabernet Sauvignon, and for mixed-level members, the beautifully crafted 2023 Restricted Marsanne Roussanne.
February in Napa Valley signals the quiet but meaningful start of a new growing season. Winter’s chill begins to lift, and the vineyards wake slowly as the first signs of renewal appear. Dormant vines conserve their stored winter moisture and nutrients, preparing for the flush of growth that will arrive with bud break. Though the landscape is still calm, February sets the stage for the year’s upcoming transitions, bringing the valley one step closer to the promise of the next harvest.

Made exclusively for the Mountain Wine Club, Restricted is an ever-evolving collection, that allows the winemaking team to hand-select the vineyards, blocks, and rows according to vintage, quality, and preference. The Restricted Cabernet Sauvignon is sourced from the Diamond Mountain AVA, where cool daytime temperatures, nutrient-poor soils, and steeply terraced vineyards create exceptional growing conditions. The 2022 vintage draws from the Wallis and Rhyolyte Vineyards, expressing the power and precision unique to this site. The 2023 Restricted Marsanne-Roussanne is grown in the cooler reaches of Sonoma County and fermented in neutral French oak. We did not allow malolactic fermentation to protect its fresh acidity and delicate aromatics of orange and chamomile.

First planted in 1971 to dry-farmed Cabernet Sauvignon and Shiraz, Hickinbotham Vineyard is situated on the high elevation hills of Clarendon, a subregion along the northern edge of McLaren Vale in South Australia. The character of the Hickinbotham Vineyard is profound and produces famously resilient wines with highly expressive character. The breathtaking views from the top of the site down over the vines towards the Onkaparinga Gorge command ancient ground that is the key to the innate power this site produces. The 2022 Trueman reveals blueberry, sage, dark chocolate, black olives, currant and savory notes with refined tannins.

We hope you enjoy these wines to the fullest.

Peace,

Winemaker Chris Carpenter