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TATE
2023 Cabernet Sauvignon

Premiere Napa Valley 2025 Auction Lot

TATE

2023 Cabernet Sauvignon
Mount Veeder AVA


2025 Offering
Premiere Napa Valley
Auction 29 | Lot No. 139
Vintage: 2023

TATE

Cabernet Sauvignon
Mount Veeder

5 cases produced

Highlights

  • Grown at high elevations in the Mount Veeder appellation
  • A blend of 95% Cabernet Sauvignon and 5% of our new Merlot block on Mount Veeder
  • Grown on steep terraces of volcanic rock with full sun exposure
  • Aging in new French oak for 22 months

Description

At TATE we have been sourcing fruit from the top of Mount Veeder for 14 years now. It is an area at a peak of the appellation growing down very steep terraces and away from the shade of the forest. We have always produced a big, dark, inky Cabernet Sauvignon from this beautiful area. We have just started working with some Merlot from this same vineyard, and for this special blend we are going to include 5% of this wonderful Merlot into the Cabernet Sauvignon. This small amount of Merlot will help soften the often massive size of the structured yet complex Cabernet from this area.


Wine Facts

  • Single vineyard wine
  • Sustainably produced

David Tate

Winemaker, TATE

Winemaker, David Tate

David has worked in the Barossa Valley, Australia; Provence, France; Canterbury, New Zealand, Tuscany Italy and has traveled to every fine wine region in the world. David graduated from Brock University in 2002, with an Honors Degree in Enology and Viticulture. Prior to working with Barnett where he is the G.M. and winemaker, David was the assistant winemaker at Ridge Vineyards for five years atop Montebello in the Santa Cruz Mountains.
With these over 28 years of experience the groundwork has been laid for David's commitment to quality and understanding of what it takes to produce premium, world-class wine with a sense of place. David's research work has been published (AJEV) and he is an advocate of wine education as he has a diploma from and is a guest lecturer for the Wine and Spirits Education Trust (WSET).

Country born: Canada

Education: Brock University, Enology & Viticulture with Honors
Lincoln University, Enology & Viticulture
Wine and Spirits Education Trust, WSET-Diploma
Published with the AJEV

Years in the wine industry: 20-30 years

Winemaking Philosophy:
Letting the vineyard express itself in the wine. It is about a sense of place being evident in the wine, not the winemaking.



Winery Distribution

TATE is distributed in the following markets. Please contact the winery directly for the most up-to-date distribution information and to explore commercial opportunities.

Domestic:

  • California (Breakthru)
  • New York (M. Touton)