Isenhower Cabernet Sauvignon Batchelor's Button 2001

Isenhower Cellars believes in a traditional style of winemaking. We buy grapes through long term contracts from intriguing vineyards and reduce the amount of fruit that each vine ripens to maximize flavor, intensity, and balance. At the winery we destem the grapes, and we ferment with minimal additions of yeast, nitrogen, sulfur, and tartaric acid. No other chemicals or enzymes are used. The wine is immediately transferred to oak barrels. We feel that the more gently we can handle the wine the more representative it will be of the vineyards that produced it. The result is wines that capture the power, fruit, and purity of the vineyards. Style of Wines Isenhower Cellars specializes in wines based on Bordeaux and Rhone grape varieties. Cabernet and Merlot are Denise's passion and Syrah is Brett's passion. We love full bodied, deeply colored, big wines with balance. In 2003 Isenhower will release small quantities of two white wines, Viognier and Roussanne. The white wines of the Rhone have always fascinated Brett. Viognier's exotic nose and Roussanne's full-bodied mouth feel will cure the Chardonnay blues.