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Wine Description
The Story
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 barri...
Wine Information
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 co...
