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Wine Details
Price:
$28.00 per bottle
Description:
(83% cabernet sauvignon and 17% merlot) Deep ruby-red. Aromas of black cherry, cocoa powder, musky espresso and smoky oak; a bit blacker in character than the 2001. Then denser, sweeter and larger-scaled, as well as more structured and backward. Again, the wine's boysenberry, plum and chocolate flavors show a rather restrained sweetness. A step up in complexity from the 2001 bottling. Finishes long and firm, with a late hint of woodsmoke. Ross Andrew notes that this wine contains a higher percentage of fruit from the cooler Boushey Vineyard, which typically ripens its fruit at a lower alcohol level. Still, this wine is a bit higher in alcohol than the 2001 (13.9 vs. 13.8%), but with a lower pH (3.7 vs. 3.8).
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