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Wine Description
The Story
The grapes for this wine are grown near the winery on the eastern rim of the Napa Valley. Up here above the fog, we gracefully ripened the 2012 fruit to achieve what Parker described as "a full bodied, dense, very concentrated style with the vintage's exuberance of full-throttled fruit and power well displayed." We like our Cabernet to show its power and robust energy, but equally important to us is the suave, plush, silky finish on full displ...
Vintage 2005
Napa Valley 2005 Vintage Report / Winter rains took pause for a dry, mild March then began again with record-setting precipitation late into the growing season delaying bloom and set. The summer months were cool and pleasant with few heat spikes. Fog and cool temperatures were a concern heading into September as sugar levels were yet to rise in all varieties. Warm, nearly perfect conditions arrived with an Indian Summer making for a later than...
