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Wine Details
Price:
$45.00 per bottle
Description:
The old Cabernet vines in our family vineyard, Beauregard Ranch, don't produce an extremely high volume of fruit anymore. Instead, they produce a relatively small yield of some of the most intense Cabernet you will ever taste, with deep layers of concentrated ripe blackberry, black cherry, vanilla bean & oak, and a touch of rich dark chocolate and black pepper on the finish. We like to leave our cab one the vines just a little longer than most commercial wineries-- and the extra ripeness of the fruit adds the perfect balance to the heady mineral terroir of the Santa Cruz Mountain-Grown fruit.
We don't make any mediocre wines, and this wine embodies the essence of the kind of pedal-to-the-medal winemaking we're known for. Our '02 Cab hits its stride in 4-5 years (which is now), and will only improve in the cellar for 8-10.
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Varietal Definition
Cabernet Sauvignon:
Cabernet Sauvignon is the most widely planted and significant among the five dominant varieties in France’s Bordeaux region, as well as the most successful red wine produced in California. Though it was thought to be an ancient variety, recent genetic studies at U.C. Davis have determined that Cabernet Sauvignon is actually the hybrid offspring of Sauvignon Blanc and Cabernet Franc. Cabernet Sauvignon berries are small with black, thick and very tough skin. This toughness makes the grapes fairly resistant to disease and spoilage and able to withstand some autumn rains with little or no damage. It is a mid to late season ripener. These growth characteristics, along with its flavor appeal have made Cabernet Sauvignon one of the most popular red wine varieties worldwide.
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