Winemaker Notes
Intricate and deep, the 2021 Estate Cabernet beckons with heady aromas of cocoa, candied orange, and violets. This wine swells and glimmers with dark, luxe fruit. An assemblage of blueberry, creme de cassis, and wild blackberry is freckled with savory notes of fennel seed, verbena, and coffee beans. Long, voluminous tannin offers strength and longevity while the fruit maintains our terroir’s breezy, carefree quality, echoing a warm summer day on the mountain.
Blend: 92% Cabernet Sauvignon, 5% Malbec,3% Petit Verdot
A noble variety bestowed with both power and concentration, Cabernet Sauvignon enjoys success all over the globe, its best examples showing potential to age beautifully for decades. Cabernet Sauvignon flourishes in Bordeaux's Medoc where it is often blended with Merlot and smaller amounts of some combination of Cabernet Franc, Malbecand Petit Verdot. In the Napa Valley, ‘Cab’ is responsible for some of the world’s most prestigious, age-worthy and sought-after “cult” wines. Somm Secret—DNA profiling in 1997 revealed that Cabernet Sauvignon was born from a spontaneous crossing of Cabernet Franc and Sauvignon Blanc in 17th century southwest France.
