About This Wine

On the nose: Explosion of ripe elderberries, blackberries, blueberries with hints of licorice, lavender, rose petals, toasted white bread, paprika, marjoram, pine needles, cigar box, clay

On the palate: Round, velvety entrance evolving on a fresh mid palate with touches of fern, fresh plum, pink grapefruit, starfruit, canned peach, raspberry, dark cherry, vanilla bean

Blend: 100% Cabernet Sauvignon

Fermentation: 100% barrel fermented

Aging: 22 months in French oak, 80% new, 20% 1-year-old barrels

Critical Acclaim:

95-points James Suckling

Vintage Notes:

2017 started out with record precipitation providing vines with sufficient water tables to safely get them through several heat spikes that began as early as June. Temperatures up to 110 degrees in early September prompted several winemakers to begin harvesting red varietals. Our winemaking team held steadfast and patiently waited until end of September before bringing in the first red varietals. Rewarded then with more moderate temperatures, the resulting wines express themselves as both full-bodied and greatly structured.