Melchior Kemper farmed this Napa ranch from 1881 to 1895. Today his name sits on 962 vines of Cabernet Franc planted at 800 feet in the Vaca Mountains. The Snowden family has stewarded the land since 1955, and the wines are made by third-generation Diana Snowden Seysses, who spends half her year making wine at Burgundy’s Domaine Dujac. That double life shows: native yeasts, restraint, and a flat refusal to chase generic Napa richness. This is unblended hillside Cabernet Franc, leafy and savory, structured by altitude rather than sugar. It is the bottle for anyone who thinks they already know what Napa tastes like.