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Wine Details
Price:
$24.00 per bottle
Description:
The 2001 vintage of Beaucanon Cabernet Sauvignon is a richly concentrated wine with complexity and outstanding flavor. It has an engagingly deep, crimson color and captures the essence of cabernet with black cherry, rosemary, clove and green olive aromas. It has a enchanting flavor of sweet black cherry, complemented with layers of tobacco, cedar and spice. The finish is long and enjoyable, dominated by the ever-present cherry taste. This wine is lush and concentrated from beginning to end.
Our recently planted vineyards with clone 4 and 337 greatly contributed to this outstanding cabernet sauvignon. As in recent years, we have improved the quality by providing long aging in French Oak barrels as well as blending the wine with cabernet franc. This gives the wine complexity, structure and finesse. The 2001 vintage was of tremendous quality and consequently, our Beaucanon Cabernet Sauvignon merits your attention as an outstanding Napa Valley Cabernet.
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Varietal Definition
Cabernet Sauvignon:
Cabernet Sauvignon is the most widely planted and significant among the five dominant varieties in France’s Bordeaux region, as well as the most successful red wine produced in California. Though it was thought to be an ancient variety, recent genetic studies at U.C. Davis have determined that Cabernet Sauvignon is actually the hybrid offspring of Sauvignon Blanc and Cabernet Franc. Cabernet Sauvignon berries are small with black, thick and very tough skin. This toughness makes the grapes fairly resistant to disease and spoilage and able to withstand some autumn rains with little or no damage. It is a mid to late season ripener. These growth characteristics, along with its flavor appeal have made Cabernet Sauvignon one of the most popular red wine varieties worldwide.
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Cabernet Franc:
Cabernet Franc is an accessible, spicy, herbal, dark blue grape variety that is often compared to Cabernet Sauvignon. Cabernet Franc tends to be softer and has less tannin than Cabernet Sauvignon, although the two can be difficult to distinguish. Sometimes the French refer to Cabernets, which could mean either of the two grapes. Its typical aromas include an herbaceous and pronounced peppery nose, even in ripe fruit, and something eerily like tobacco. The Cabernet Franc ripens at an earlier stage, which gives it reason to exist in the Bordeaux area. In the Loire, where we find it a lot, it gives a clear red fresh and fruity wine.
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