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To Kalon Cabernet Sauvignon 2006

Robert Mondavi Winery, Napa Valley, United States

Robert Mondavi Winery
Napa Valley United States
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Laura Chenel Chèvre and Tapenade Roulade

The Story

Our limited bottling of To Kalon Cabernet Sauvignon showcases the prestige and grand terroir of this world class vineyard. It is a wine that truly represents Robert Mondavi’s vision of perfection and quest for excellence.

Genevieve Janssens - Director of Winemaking

Reflecting the terroir of one of Napa Valley’s most esteemed vineyards, the second vintage of our To Kalon Cabernet Sauvignon is a complex interplay of aromas and flavors. Muc...

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Wine Information

Napa Valley’s 2006 vintage began with a wet winter that extended into spring, delivering more than twice the average rainfall for March and nearly four times the April average. The precipitation delayed bloom, but once the skies cleared, the vines had good fruit set and progressed slowly and steadily through slightly warmer than usual June weather. In July, a brief hot spell of four consecutive days over 100°F had the effect of putting the vin...

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Origin

Oakville, Napa Valley

Vintage Quality

Above Average

Value For Money

Very good

Investment potential

No Potential

Fake factory

None

Glass time

2h

Drinking temperature

16

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Inside Information

Established in 1863 in the heart of Napa Valley’s Oakville District, To Kalon is ancient Greek for “the highest beauty,” which aptly describes this treasured estate. Incredibly diverse geologically, To Kalon soils range from well-drained alluvial, loam and clay on the valley floor to gravelly loam on the slopes that rise up into the Mayacamas foothills to the west. Most of To Kalon was overrun with phylloxera and replanted in the 1990s, but many of the estate’s older Cabernet Sauvignon blocks planted on St. George rootstock still survive. Grapes for the To Kalon Cabernet Sauvignon are primarily from head-trained, 25- to 35-year old vines. These venerable dry-farmed vines have become self-balanced with age and consistently produce low yields (one to three tons per acre) of small-berried clusters with highly concentrated flavors.

Grape Sourcing: 100% To Kalon Vineyard, Oakville AVA

•FERMENTATION AND AGING•

Fruit for this wine was hand-harvested as each vineyard block reached optimum ripeness, then hand-sorted in our To Kalon Fermentation Cellar at the winery. After destemming, the wine fermented in oak tanks, with more than a month (37 days) of extended skin contact (maceration) to extract maximum flavors and rich tannins. Selected yeast strains were used to capture every nuance of To Kalon terroir. After maceration, the must was conveyed by gravity for gentle pressing in our traditional basket press. The wine spent two years in 100% new French oak barrels for malolactic fermentation and aging, adding considerable power and finesse.

Wine analysis: 0.62% total acid, 3.68 pH, 0.70% residual sugar, and 15.3% alcohol, by volume

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