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Wine Description
The Story
The Trailside Vineyard is a prime slice of Rutherford dirt, hugging the Silverado Trail on its east side and descending at a grade of roughly 2% until its opposite boundary nudges the banks of the Conn Creek.
This fertile belt of gravelly, well-drained soil stretches out on the eastern side of the valley where the trellised plants can soak up the radiant afternoon sunshine. The vines consistently produce deep purple grapes bursting with an...
Vintage 1977
The 1977 wine vintage in California was an excellent, highly successful, and surprisingly resilient yearthat produced beautifully balanced Cabernet Sauvignons with fantastic aging potential, standing in brilliant contrast to Europe's cold and rainy weather disasters. Despite facing the brutal tail-end of a historic, multi-year California drought that severely restricted vineyard yields, a warm summer and a perfectly dry autumn allowed Napa and...
