Acumen PEAK · Atlas Peak · Cabernet Franc
2022 Acumen PEAK Atlas Peak Estate Cabernet Franc Napa Valley, USA
A place on your wine list
Phillip Titus. 100 percent estate, organic, Attelas and Edcora, both above 1,000 feet. Double 95. Right Bank-styled Franc for a duck or lamb list.
Winery SRP $110 per bottle
Trade offer. One-case minimum. Orders are subject to account review.
Why this bottle belongs on the list
Two selling points.
Then the market.
Phillip Titus. Thirty-five years at Chappellet.
Eric Yuan founded Acumen in 2012 as a mountain estate on Atlas Peak. Founding winemaker Denis Malbec came from Chateau Latour. Phillip Titus took the chair after 35 years at Chappellet on Pritchard Hill.
Organic Atlas Peak fruit above 1,000 feet.
PEAK is the estate line. This 2022 Cabernet Franc is 100 percent Attelas and Edcora, organic certified, both above 1,000 feet. 77 percent Cabernet Franc, 15 percent Cabernet Sauvignon, 6 percent Merlot, 2 percent Petit Verdot. Eighteen months, 60 percent new French oak.
Professional scores
The Tasting Panel 95 and Owen Bargreen 95 on this vintage.
Named critic scores on this vintage. These are press ratings, not the Wine-Searcher aggregate.
The buyer's perspective
What the guest
hears first.
Staff can sell it in one sentence: Phillip Titus, Atlas Peak, The Tasting Panel 95, pour it with duck.
Winemaker's corner
Chappellet · Acumen PEAK · Atlas Peak
Phillip
Titus
Phillip Titus spent 35 years at Chappellet on Pritchard Hill before taking Acumen. Eric Yuan founded the mountain estate in 2012. Denis Malbec, from Chateau Latour, set the first style.
The PEAK line is 100 percent estate fruit from Attelas and Edcora, organic, both above 1,000 feet on Atlas Peak. Charles McKahn joined as associate winemaker in 2022. The vineyard is not open to the public.
This 2022 is Cabernet Franc, not the Cabernet Sauvignon. Harvest October 10 to 24, 2022. The Tasting Panel 95. Owen Bargreen 95, drink to 2040.
The estate
Atlas Peak.
Organic.
Above 1,000 feet.
Acumen is an Atlas Peak mountain estate founded in 2012. The PEAK line is the estate bottling. Attelas and Edcora sit above 1,000 feet on volcanic ground, organic certified.
Attelas was Dr. Krupp's Home Vineyard, planted three years before Stagecoach. Northwest exposure, cool mountain nights. This Cabernet Franc is 100 percent of that estate fruit.
Six-bottle case. Typical retail $110. Double 95 on this vintage.
2022 in the glass
Blackberry.
Red pepper.
Then cocoa.
Give it a minute and several swirls. It is shy out of the bottle, then blackberry, black raspberry, red pepper, thyme. Full-bodied, round tannins, real structure. The Tasting Panel called it a textural dream: melting dark chocolate, creamy violets, plum pudding, sage, tobacco, cedar. Owen Bargreen: red bell pepper, creosote, garrigue, dark currants, drink 2025 to 2040.
Menu and service
Built for a serious table.
- Pan-seared duck breast with cherry glaze
- Herb lamb with roasted garlic
- Aged gouda and a hard cheese that can keep up
Serve near 62 F in a Bordeaux glass. A 30 to 45 minute decant. The red pepper and cocoa catch up with the blackberry.
Staff pairing clip
W2 Kitchen: pan-seared duck breast
The tableside introduction
“This is Phillip Titus, Atlas Peak, Acumen PEAK Cabernet Franc, double 95. Blackberry, red pepper, cocoa. Pour it with duck.”
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Put PEAK Cabernet Franc on the list.
Mountain Franc. Double 95. Trade $38 a bottle, $228 the six-bottle case, one-case minimum.
Trade offer. One-case minimum. Orders are subject to account review.
