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Viinin Kuvailu
The Story
This wine made its debut in 1988 by winemaker/designer Mitch Cosentino. This is the third vintage of M. Coz that has been made under Cosentino's PureCru brand since 2009. It continues the tradition of only being bottled in extremely limited quantities when it is equal or superior to the greatest wines in the world made with Bordeaux red grape varietals.
Prior to release, this wine has already won a major wine competition, Gold Medal, Best of Class award, as has virtually every previous vintage.
Wine Information
Blend: 55% Cabernet Sauvignon, 18% Cabernet Franc, 18% Merlot, 9% Petit Verdot
Ageing: 39 months in French oak barrels
Production: Less than 200 cases
Style: An intense and focused Bordeaux styled Meritage with a heritage going back to the original 1988 vintage. Aromas of currants, berries, plum, and spices abound. Rich and full on the well textured palate that shows balance, power and elegance. Overall it unfolds throughout to a long satisfying finish.
Winemaking: Each lot was punched cap fermented and finished in barrel where it was aged for 34 months unracked. Then the blend was made into tank and left to evolve for two months then bottled unfined.
Vuosikerta 2013
Napa Valley Harvest 2013 Report
A seamless year of steady weather and optimal ripening brings in above average yields and excellent quality fine wine grapes
10/22/2013 - St. Helena, CA: The Napa Valley Vintners (NVV) reports that the region’s winemakers expect to be done with the 2013 harvest within the next week. “Early, even and excellent” are three words being used to describe this year’s growing season and the Napa Valley wine grapes that have come from it, reflecting the consistent quality for which this world famous wine region is known.
A warm, dry spring brought early bud break, helped with canopy vigor and berry size and created ideal conditions for flowering and fruit set under sunny skies. With the exception of one heat spike in late June/early July, temperatures were consistently in the zone for optimal vine activity, resulting in notably healthy vines as fruit went through veraison and started ripening.
The August 1 start of harvest was the earliest in recent history. White wine grapes came in at a furious pace throughout that month, moving on to lighter reds by early September. Two brief mid-September rains had virtually no impact on the grapes. The vast majority of the more delicate skinned grapes had already been harvested and sunny weather with breezes followed the rains, allowing for the mostly Cabernet Sauvignon that remained to dry out almost immediately. The cooler, sunny weather throughout October allowed the final grapes still on the vine to linger longer, developing more phenolic and flavor maturities with sugar levels remaining steady.
As this harvest comes to a close, it is about two weeks earlier than other Napa Valley harvests in the last decade. Yields on the whole have been above average.
“In a nutshell, this vintage has given us the extraordinary gift of enabling us to pick exactly what we wanted, when we wanted, at perfect ripeness and ideal hang time,” noted Paul Colantuoni, winemaker at Rocca Family Vineyards.
Winemakers from around the valley agree the 2013 vintage holds exceptional promise and potential and exceeded expectations following on the heels of 2012 – another year that has been described as “nearly perfect.”