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2015 Vintner Select Cabernet Sauvignon
Our 2015 Vintner Select Cabernet Sauvignon expresses the balance, concentration, and purity of varietal character that have emerged as the signature of the great 2015 reds. Flavors of blackberry, plum, cocoa powder and rose petal are expressed in the nose, while on the palate, the wine is ripe, round and lush. The ripe tannins seamlessly integrate into the persistent finish, which is a desired signature of our Vintner Select Cabernet each year.
This wine is produced from a single vineyard block at the western-most edge of our Spring Mountain estate, above the Napa Valley’s morning fog, where it is bathed in warm sunlight throughout the growing season. The block, named “Carolyn’s” after Carolyn Pride, is planted to 70% clone 337 and 30% clone 15 cabernet sauvignon. With an ultra-light crop in 2015 and excellent ripening conditions throughout the growing season, the grapes were night-harvested on September 30th, gently destemmed and transferred to a stainless-steel fermentation vat. After twenty days on the skins, the wine was drained and transferred to French oak barrels, 50% new, where it was barrel-aged for twenty months.
| Appellation: | Napa Valley |
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| Vintage: | 2015 |
| Harvest: | September 2015 |
| Fermentation: | Stainless Steel |
| Cooperage: | French Oak |
| Blend: | 100% Cabernet Sauvignon |
| Alcohol: | 14.6% |
| Bottling: | July 2017 |
| Production: | 648 cases |
| Release Date: | January 2018 |
| Release Price: | $95.00 |
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