THE PRODUCER
David Abreu was born and bred on a ranch in Napa and is today one of the area’s
most respected vineyard managers. He purchased and planted the first vineyard
land - Madrona Ranch – in the 1980s and started making wine in 1986; 1987 was
the first vintage sold. Today Abreu is one of California’s icon estates,
consisting of 28 hectares of land, spread over four vineyards.

As such, four single vineyard wines are produced – Madrona Ranch, Cappella, Las
Posadas, and Thorevilos – and the Rothwell Hyde cuvee is a blend of all four.
The vineyards are planted to Cabernet sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet Franc and most
recently Petit Verdot. We currently list the Cappella vineyard, which is made
from fruit grown in one of the oldest vineyard sites in the Napa sub region of
St-Helena.

THE WINE
The 2.5-hectare hillside ‘Cappella’ vineyard is an old riverbed of gravels and
located on the western side of St Helena. One of oldest vineyards, in Napa,
‘Cappella’ was first cultivated in 1869, and today makes one of the area’s
finest Cabernet blends, always a combination of Cabernet Sauvignon with Cabernet
Franc and Petit Verdot. While incredibly enjoyable and appealing in its youth,
Cappella will develop and age easily for several decades.

INFORMATION
Type:RedVintage:2016Country:U.S.A.Region:CaliforniaSub region:Napa ValleyGrape:
66% Cabernet Sauvignon, 24% Carmenere, 8% Cabernet Franc & 2% Petit VerdotStyle:
Bold & StructuredSweetness:DryABV:14.5%Drinking window:2024 - 2041Size:750mlFood
match:Beef & Venison

CRITICS SCORES
We choose our wines based on a range of criteria(seehow we choose our wines)of
which critic scores is justone. Rather than simply highlight the best score to
promote a wine, our average critic score is calculated from the scores provided
by several respected wine critics, who we follow for specific regions. They do
not represent all critic scores and, wherever possible, we try and give more
weight to more recent reviews. Where appropriate we consider market-based scores
like Global Wine Score or Wine Searcher Average scores.

As a rule, we look to offer wines that achieve a92/100average critic score or
better and frankly a lot of very good wines simply don’t make the cut. As a
high-end provider we want to reflect that positioning in the quality of wines we
offer. Such wines are only a tiny fraction of those generally on offer in the
market. We believe that an average score is a more conservative and
representative approach, but it is still subjective and only offered as a guide
to our customers, who will (and should) do their own research. We will add
individual critic scores to our website in the future.