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Wine Details
Price:
$55.00 per bottle
Description:
Elegant oak on the nose gives way fairly quickly to plum, spice, and bacon fat, rounded out by the vineyard’s signature aromas of rhubarb and orange peel. In its youth the wine is tight, chewy and tannic, which open up with at least a hour of aeration. At its core, though, it shows hints of kirsch liqueur, candied raspberry, black cherry, and an underlying minerality. Based on our experience with the vineyard, these complexities will more fully reveal themselves with time in the bottle.
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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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