Wine Portfolio

Description

We only make 400 cases each year of our regular releases, so a blend like this Premiere Napa Valley lot is extremely rare—all estate fruit, all family-grown and all family-made. We’re very proud of both our family approach and this blend that shows the character, balance and intensity that typically come from our hillside terraces. This Cabernet was crafted in an Old-World style, seeking balance and complexity, and blended with small amounts of Petit Verdot, Merlot and Cabernet Franc. 2008 was a wonderful vintage, expressing lively floral and dark cherry notes on the nose, with intense blueberries, sage and milk chocolate dominating the palate. The tannin structure is round, providing a balanced, velvety mouthfeel complemented by faint sweet oak. It is a classically structured, subtle and interesting wine.

Aging Process

18 months in french oak then 12 months in bottle

Wine Facts

• pH: 3.8
• Single vineyard wine
• Sustainably produced
• Organically produced (also commonly called "organically grown")
• Wine is 100% estate grown and bottled

Tasting Chart

bone dry		very sweet
light body		very full bodied
soft, gentle		very crisp
no tannins		heavy tannins