Hourglass Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2007

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2007 was our second year with the Blueline vineyard.  A warmer vintage for us, we moved to open up the trellis systems to provide greater shade with a looser canopy.  Fortunately the Cabernet vines that were planted in 2001 had reasonably mature root systems by that point and weathered the heat spells relatively well with the opened up canopies.  With excessively drained gravel soils, little air humidity and a warmer season, watering was a nec...

Winemaking Philosophy
Hourglass has always been heavily influenced by a sense of place, what the French deem terroir. As we have expanded to encompass two dramatic vineyards (the original Hourglass Vineyard & the new Blueline Vineyard), our objective remains the same - to craft highly expressive wines reflective of their unique sense of place. But it is more than just a sense of place. It is the human interaction with that place that makes wi...