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Wine Description
The Story
The Mascot began early on as an experiment, after talking the family and winemaking team into sparing a few barrels of wine - produced from our younger vines - to explore a blend of my own. In the first few years, before it had a label or a name, it was just a wine shared with friends and family. It wasn’t until the 2008 vintage, our first official release, that we had enough to share with new friends. This cabernet is a hedonistic blend of power and balance; expressive and approachable early in its life, with potential to evolve well into the future. Ready to drink upon release, it will age for decades given the opportunity.
The wine is made from younger vines located in Harlan Estate, BOND, and Promotory
Wine Information
2009 was a generally cool year which progressed with some warmer weather but nothing extreme. This long growing season cooled down on the approach to harvest, embracing morning fog and moderate temperature throughout the picking. This consistent, mild weather allowed us time to pick each separate parcel of vineyard in a measured, methodical fashion at its most opportune moment in ripening. The resulting wines have a higher degree of density and flesh than the previous year, with aromatics more in the vein of dark fruit, spice, and earth. With a more masculine tannin structure - firm but not dry or rustic - the 2009 will age very well over the next twenty to twenty-five years