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  • Country ranking ?

    512
  • Producer ranking ?

    42
  • Decanting time

    3h
  • When to drink

    now to 2035
  • Food Pairing

    Game

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The Story

The extraordinary quality of this wine originates in Napa Valley’s generous terroir. When I taste this, I’m reminded why Cabernet Sauvignon is the varietal on which Robert Mondavi built his reputation.

We selected the fruit for our Napa Valley Cabernet from the valley’s most renowned AVAs (sub-regions) with a third of the grapes coming from our storied To Kalon vineyard, located on the well-drained alluvial bench surrounding the winery. 

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Wine Information

This was a classic, nearly-textbook growing season of warm, sunny days and cool, foggy nights punctuated by a couple

of brief heat blasts - the perfect recipe for long, flavor-building hangtime and ideal sugar to acid balance. It was remarkably smooth sailing when we began picking Cabernet Sauvignon on September 19 until a rare tropical storm interrupted the harvest, soaking parts of the Central and Northern California vineyards with more t...

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Latest Pro-tasting notes

<10 tasting notes

Tasting note

color

Deep, Ruby red and Dark

ending

Medium, Spicy and Vibrant

flavors

Blackberry, Toasty, New-oak, Cassis and Spice

nose

Youthful, Ripe, Generous and Refined

taste

Average in Acidity, Medium tannin, Balanced, Good texture, Youthful, Full-bodied, Ripe, Fruity, Toasty and Sweet tannins

Verdict

Good everyday wine and Well made

Information

Origin

Oakville, Napa Valley

Vintage Quality

Above Average

Value For Money

Good

Investment potential

No Potential

Fake factory

None

Glass time

2h

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Inside Information

Cabernet is king in Napa Valley and we selected the fruit for this wine from the valley’s most renowned AVAs (sub-regions) including Stag’s Leap and Oakville, with 31% coming from the famed To Kalon vineyard. These classic sites are ones we can count on to deliver the deep, richly fruity Cabernet that made Napa Valley famous.

Appellation: Napa Valley Grape Sourcing: 100% Napa Valley (31% To Kalon Vineyard)

•WINEMAKING•

The grapes were hand harvested in the cool of the morning and gently de-stemmed into stainless steel tanks (purity of fruit expression) and oak tanks (added complexity and depth of flavor) for a warm fermentation. Three weeks extended maceration (skin-contact time) maximized the extraction of color and flavor and polished the tannins for a rich, supple mouthfeel. The new wine was transferred to sixty-gallon French oak barrels (15% new) for malolactic fermentation. Seventeen months of barrel-aging provided additional complexity to this refined wine. The wine was bottled in June, 2011.

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