Tessera Cabernet Sauvignon 1996

Cabernet Sauvignon from California

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Product Details

Varietal

Cabernet Sauvignon

Region

California

Producer

Tessera

Vintage

1996

Size

750ML

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Winemaker Notes

California is world-renowned for the character and quality of its cabernet sauvignon vineyards. We have crafted our 1996 Tessera Cabernet Sauvignon from a mosaic of California vineyard sources, taking full advantage of the unique character of our climate and soils. The goal is a wine that is both rich in varietal flavor and elegantly evolved. The grapes, delicate nuances of oak and soft tannins make this a wine that is delicious and ready to drink.

Tessera

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Grapes from the best of Californias vineyards go into the delicious varietal wines of Tessera. These wines express the exuberant, fruit-forward character wine lovers have come to expect and appreciate from California. The name Tessera describes each separate piece in a mosaic, and the Tessera winemaking team approaches vineyard selection and blending much in the way an artist might use a selection of materials to create a masterful whole. Rather than expressing the personal style of a winemaker or the characteristics of an individual vineyard, Tessera wines achieve a delightful and consistent varietal flavor profile through blending and meticulous winemaking. President Samuel F. Bronfman II personally led the Seagram Chateau and Estate Wines Company team who created Tessera. The first vintage premiered in California stores and restaurants in April of 1996.

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California Cabernet Sauvignon

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Covering the most vine acreage in the state compared to any other red wine variety, Cabernet Sauvignon produces as much wine in California as Merlot and Pinot Noir combined. The state’s diverse terrain and microclimates, as well as the freedom of its winemakers, allow for an incredible range of wine styles from this single grape.

California’s most famous region—and especially for Cabernet Sauvignon—is the acclaimed Napa Valley. While Cabernet is successful throughout the world, rarely has it achieved such merit as it does from the Napa Valley. At this point the two are so intrinsically linked that it is difficult to discuss one without the other.

Napa’s closest neighbor, Sonoma County, does an impressive job keeping up with Napa’s fame and glory. Alexander Valley, Sonoma Mountain, Moon Mountain and Knights Valley contribute to the lot of some of California’s top-rated Cabernet Sauvignon.

Lake County in California’s North Coast has become a focus for some of Napa’s more respected growers. From the Central Coast come iconic examples of classic California Cabernet; Lodi and the Sierra Foothills are great budget-friendly sources of amicable Cabernets.

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