Why This Bottle, Really? Cabernet Franc, Watson Ranch, Napa Valley, Arnot-Roberts
By Jesse Dart
2021 Cabernet Franc, Watson Ranch, Napa Valley, Arnot-Roberts, about $40.
Arnot-Roberts is well known for its small production of wines in styles that are becoming more the norm these days — low intervention, fresh, less oak, less need to cellar for years. Cabernet Franc — the other Cabernet — gets some attention in the US but perhaps not enough. This 20…