Wine Details
2016 Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon
Red
Amador County
$45.00
Flavor Profile
Full bodied, high tannin wine pairs with red meat, meaty fishes and grilled vegetables
Graphite
Cedar
Black Currant
Description
92 points - Wine Enthusiast Magazine; Gold Medal Amador County Fair 85% Cabernet Sauvignon/15% Tempranillo – "This big, muscular wine is packed with deep black-cherry, dark-chocolate and anise flavors and coated with moderate, fine-grained tannins on a full body. It needs time to reach its potential; best from 2025." - Wine Enthusiast Magazine.
Specifications
Vineyard:
Estate block 2
Vintage:
2016
ABV:
13.8
PH:
3.5
Cooperage:
Neutral & 20% new French
Bottled Date:
05/06/2019
Wine Profile
Production Notes:
Our estate-grown reserve Cabernet Sauvignon is 85% Cabernet Sauvignon and 15% Tempranillo. We grow three clones of Cabernet Sauvignon and two clones of Tempranillo. The Cabernet Sauvignon vines are on a bi-lateral cordon trellis system, while the Tempranillo vines are head-trained in the traditional shrub manner. We harvested the grapes on October 4, 2016: the Cabernet Sauvignon at 3.4 pH and 26.9 brix; the Tempranillo at 4.0 brix and an averaged 26.7 brix. The wine spent 2 years and 7 months in neutral oak barrels with 20% new French. It was bottled in May 2019 and released in May 2021. We made just 81 cases of this wine.