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  • Country ranking ?

    414
  • Producer ranking ?

    28
  • Decanting time

    2h
  • When to drink

    2020-2035
  • Food Pairing

    Beef Wellington

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G Major 7 Study Cabernet Sauvignon is blended from selected fruit off the 575 ovx vineyard and is named after a classic jazz guitar chord. Like its namesake, it is composed of four of the five classic Bordeaux varietals, Cabernet Sauvignon 85%, Cabernet Franc 12% , Petite Verdot 8% and Merlot 1%. The grapes are derive from four separate vineyard blocks in Eastern Oakville's red rocks. The wine is aged for 22 months in medium toast French barriques from which 90 percent were new. Production is approx. 900 cases annually.

G Major 7 is highly nuanced and provides a profound sense of elegance and complexity, changing with every swirl and sip. The nose reflects subtle floral notes, which develop into deep, crushed berry and earth flavors on the palate. Its tannins are refined and seamlessly integrated. The aging potential is 25 plus years.

 

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2008 Napa vintage comments from the wine producers

Kristof Anderson, winemaker at Gargiulo Vineyards:
“The late winter and spring of 2008 was abnormally dry and cold. I was up very early in the morning helping with frost protection and sitting in my truck looking at the thermometer for around six weeks straight. The drought conditions and inclement weather, both then and during the bloom, caused lower than normal yields. The summer was cooler than most years, yet a nice warm autumn allowed for very even ripening. We did a fair amount of canopy management of the leaves and fruit clusters in the vineyards to help maximise the amount of sunlight that reached them, yet we managed to avoid sunburnt fruit. We picked each vine several different times over the course of 2–3 weeks as the cool spring caused an uneven set throughout the vineyard. The quality of the crop was very good. The small berries in small clusters were intense in colour and showed a good amount of phenolics without being over-extracted. The mild weather and low yields made this vintage very unique, although there were some elements that were reminiscent of 2006. However, we did not experience the short heat spike that accompanied that summer. It also shared some similarities with 2002 but that vintage was warmer during the harvest, so some producers had some pretty ripe offerings that year. The ripeness of the fruit reminded me of 1992, which was my first vintage in Napa, but we were making wine very differently in the valley back then, so the resulting wines are rather different. The balance of these wines makes them rather approachable at a young age, yet they possess plenty of structure and acidity, which should allow them to age well over a decade and even into the 2020s for the well disciplined collector out there.”

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Oakville, Napa Valley
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