 
|
|
Feature Article
Darren Procsal is changing Atlas Peak Winery’s image as a
'Sangiovese House' with Cabernet Sauvignons sourced from
small vineyards in Napa’s best mountain appellations.
Atlas Peak ~ Napa Valley (AVA)
Cabernet at its Peak: Darren Procsal carves out a new image for Atlas Peak Winery
“We don’t have to keep pushing uphill as far as Sangiovese is concerned. We can go in another direction with Cabernet.”~ Darren Procsal, Atlas Peak winemaker
by
Alan Goldfarb
November 22, 2006
It makes perfect sense that the folks at Atlas Peak Winery
are looking to change its image. But what is less clear is the path which they have chosen to take the winery from being known as an American Sangiovese house to a property which makes mountain Cabernets. Plus, it isn’t enough, apparently, to try and make fine Cabernets from its own appellation -- Atlas Peak. But, the suits at Beam Wine Estates, APW’s corporate owners, thought it best to produce Cabernets from some other of the Napa Valley’s mountain regions, as a way to put space between its former self as an early progenitor of Sangiovese and its desired new role as a player in the Cab world.
To read the rest of this article (and much else besides),
please become an Appellation America Subscriber. It's easy and low-cost!
