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Country ranking ?
495
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Producer ranking ?
9
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Decanting time
3h
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When to drink
now to 2035
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Food Pairing
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Food Pairing
roast lamb served medium-rare to well-done
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We experienced moderately high temperatures in 2012 complimented by cool nights and no significant weather events, resulting in a slow and smooth ripening season. Harvest completed on October 17th after a long and slow maturation period allowing our fruit to reach definition and balance.
The 2012 is our third vintage Cabernet Sauvignon from Hyde Vineyard. As with all of HdV's wines, this 2012 Cabernet Sauvignon show cases the site and vint...
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Information
Origin
Napa, Napa Valley
Soil
Shallow loam over clay hardpan
Vineyard size
0.5 acre
Grapes
100% Cabernet Sauvignon
Age of vines
12 years
Vintage Quality
Excellent
Value For Money
Good
Ageing
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in oak 100% for 1 years and 8 months
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When bottled
October 17, 2012
Investment potential
No Potential
Fake factory
None
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Inside Information
The bouquet is deep and complex with graphite and dark berries, coffee bean, fine maduro cigars, rose bushes and earth tones. Intense and soft, broadening with great freshness and brightness, our 2012 Cabernet shows a superb tenacity of flavor in the mouth, with absolutely no excess. It has a marked spiciness, great scope and harmony. Delicious now displaying its firm tannic structure, this wine is built for aging the next couple decades.
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