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  • Country ranking ?

    460
  • Producer ranking ?

    21
  • Decanting time

    3h
  • When to drink

    now to 2035
  • Food Pairing

    Spanish Lamb with Rosemary

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The Story

This stately cabernet sauvignon derives great depth from the diverse terroirs of its pedigreed vineyards, including Beckstoffer Dr. Crane, Beckstoffer Las Piedras and Stagecoach. The wine is dark garnet in color with brooding aromas of blackberry and cassis. A juicy palate reveals complex layers of black fruits and baking spice with mineral traces of pencil lead and slate. Youthful acidity backed with chewy, brambly tannins creates a well-balanced 30 second finish.

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Wine Information

GROWING SEASON 2010 graced Napa County with a long spring. In March, the young tender vine buds were protected from frost by blankets of fog. Late spring and mid-summer were mild, with temperatures slowly increasing throughout the season. Occasional heat spikes in late summer and early fall encouraged ripening and higher sugar levels. The wines from 2010 are structured and bright with well-articulated flavors. levels. The wines from 2010 are structured and bright.

WINEMAKING

• Hand-harvested grapes 
• Fermented in a single 5-ton closed-top stainless steel fermentor with indigenous yeasts 
• 5-day cold soak, 26 days total maceration 
• Voluntary malolactic fermentation in barrels 
• Aged 20 months in French oak barrels; 90% new 
• Varietal Composition: 100% cabernet sauvignon 
• Unfined and unfiltered; bottled June 2012

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Origin

Sebastopol, Sonoma Valley

Vintage Quality

Excellent

Value For Money

Good

Investment potential

No Potential

Fake factory

None

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