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Wine Details
Price:
$24.00 per bottle
Description:
Each vintage has its own particular identity, and in 2001 we found the Cabernet to be so rich - it was picked on October 6, at 25 degrees brix - we decided to blend less Merlot. The final ratio, 88% Cabernet, 12% Merlot, was decided upon after tasting trials in the spring of '04. Initially, the grapes were fermented in small lots at cool temperatures for eight days, punched down by hand six times a day. They were then gently pressed and aged for 22 months in thin-stave French oak (60% new). The wine has been neither fined nor filtered. This vintage produced a full-bodied wine with intense cassis/berry-like fruit, elegant tannins, and subtle, mocha-like flavors imparted by the oak. While wonderfully accessible even at this point, the wine will, like all our Cabernets, peak in three to four years, then ride a fine aging plateau. .
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