“There are, in fact, more soil types in Napa, I’m told, than in the whole of France, and some committed growers are trying to match variety with soil conditions as they replant. But, with a few brilliant exceptions such as the well-drained fans of soil around Rutherford and Oakville, much of the soil on the Napa Valley floor is heavy, clayish, over-fertile and difficult to drain, and certainly unfit to make great wine.”
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