World’s End Against the Wind is a wine produced from the estate’s favorite grape variety, Cabernet Franc. There has been a surge of interest in this variety, the daddy of Cabernet Sauvignon, particularly wines made in the cooler parts of the Napa. The wine is sourced from a number of different vineyards which all have something in common; they are from cool climate areas. This gives the Cabernet Franc the lift that it needs but also delivers the exceptional ripeness necessary for both the power and complexity of a great Cabernet Franc wine.

Vinification is very similar to those wines that are made in France. After sorting – first by bunch and then, after the de-stemmer, grape by grape, a long cold soak takes place fermentation. The wines undergo their malolactic fermentation in new and one- or two-year French oak, and are aged in the same oak.