Burly Cabernet Sauvignon 2005

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Winery:

McCrorie Family Vineyards

Varietal:

Cabernet Sauvignon

Region:

USA > California > Napa

Type:

Red Wine

Color:

Drink Dates:

2015 - 2026

UPC:

 

User Tags:  berry, resinous, black currant, big, oak, nose, rich, dried, intense, oak - heavy 

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What to Expect

California's Napa Valley has been a source of world-class Cabernet Sauvignon for well over a century. Its warm climate and varied terrain allows for many styles of wine. One thread that runs through almost all the Cabernet based wines from Napa is their lush, ripe full-bodied feel and rich flavors of currant and berry. Wines from the valley floor, particularly around Rutherford, are famed for a dusty quality and those coming from the hillsides surrounding the valley, Mt. Veeder, Diamond Mountain and Howell Mountain for example, tend to be a little leaner with more obvious structural elements.

Winemakers Notes

Cabernet Sauvignon, Napa Valley
Produced by McCrorie Family Vineyards

Winemaker’s Tasting Notes
Intense, concentrated and rich with aromas of lush raspberry and cassis, the opulent fruit is accented in complex mocha, mint, white pepper, anise and loamy earth nuances. In the mouth the pure, dense fruit is shaded with jasmine flower and toasty oak notes while ripe, fine grained tannins endow the wine with voluptuous texture, all finishing in a long alluring aftertaste. Beautiful now, will age well through the decade.

Best enjoyed from 2009 - 2015. c 1200 read more...Cases produced. To be released January 2008.

Winemaking
The grapes came in small-berried, deep black-blue and heavy with sugar. Following a five day cold soak, the fermentation took seven days followed by a fourteen day extended maceration. After which the wine was pressed and transferred to small French Oak barrels for aging. The wine was bottled in Summer 2007 after twenty months of maturation in barrel and further aged in bottles for two additional years.

Wine Facts:
Harvest Date: November 1, 2005
Bottled Date: August 2007
Oak Barrels: 85% New French Oak
Alcohol: 14.5%
Brix: 26.5°    (hide)

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