Nickel & Nickel 2022 Cabernet Sauvignon, Fog Break Vineyard, Atlas Peak, Napa Valley

The Nickel & Nickel 2022 Fog Break Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon unfolds with an elegant arrest. Sugared blackberry and boysenberry settle in your memory, framed by espresso weight, sage whispers, and volcanic graphite that lingers behind. It’s concentration without excess—poised, not punching.

On the palate, mission fig and dark cherry offer fullness without flattening. Instead, the wine holds to a mineral spine, its texture cool and structured, with tannins that offer support rather than claim attention. It maintains tension, even within its generous layers. 

Fog Break perches where the sun holds longer and the fog recedes—Atlas Peak’s signature. The site’s shallow iron-rich soils and volcanic underpinnings leave an imprint; this wine tastes like upland warmth tempered by altitude, where ripeness meets restraint. 

Nickel & Nickel has refined the single-vineyard idea into its own art form. Their focus here remains on clarity of place—this being their inaugural Fog Break bottling, it speaks of unvarnished intent and pure expression. 

This is Cabernet that doesn’t demand the spotlight. It shows up with power, but with calm conviction—lasting, detailed, unmistakably born of place.

Fog Break 2022—intensity encapsulated, elegance revealed.