2013 Au Sommet Cabernet Sauvignon, Napa Valley, California, USAAu Sommet is a partnership between Heidi Peterson Barrett, John Schwartz and Jim Barbour and is a Cabernet Sauvignon and Petit Verdot blend from our seven acre vineyard on top of Atlas Peak in the acclaimed Napa Valley.

in his words

Jennifer Williams

which ensures a certain minerality in the wine

100% Pinot Noir

pure expression of the fruit and terroir

which sits on a rise between the Onkaparinga River Gorge and Blewitt Springs in McLaren Vale

co-fermentation with indigenous yeasts only

which means ‘garden’ in Catalan

yields are low from these mature bushvines (average age: 40 years): Between 15 to 35hl per hectare

Bernard Lonclas

clay and limestone deeper down

with the reserve wine spending an extra year in barrel