“To me, ‘old school’ means wine that was generously but not extravagantly ripe.”
—Chris Howell
From “Napa’s New Old School,” Wine & Spirits, June 2014:
…Chris Howell of Cain Cellars—another independent-minded proponent of lean an long-lived cabernet—says, “To me, ‘old school’ means wine that was generously but not extravagantly ripe. It began in the vineyard and almost ended in the vineyard—the cellar was an afterthought. It was made with low manipulation; it was not about getting the chemistry right. It was effortless—it never thought about comparative tastings of looking for the ‘wow’ factor.”
Story and photos by David Darlington