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Wine Details
Price:
$28.00 per bottle
Description:
Cabernet Sauvignon. Eight barrels were selected in the summer of 1999 for special further handling. The lots were blended together, fined with egg whites then returned to all new American Oak barrels for an additional 6 months in barrel. The wine was bottled in mid December, 1999 and bottle aged in our cellar for just under a year until release on November 22, 2000. We look for this wine to continue to develop in bottle over the next several years with optimum fruit and wood integration beginning to manifest 4 or 5 years out. Upon release, the wood elements are pronounced and tend to dominate, but very fine fruit lurks beneath the surface. Only 177 cases made. A special and rare wine produced from fruit grown in the Clayton vineyard located north of Lubbock in the Texas Panhandle.
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Varietal Definition
Cabernet Sauvignon:
Cabernet Sauvignon is the most widely planted and significant among the five dominant varieties in France’s Bordeaux region, as well as the most successful red wine produced in California. Though it was thought to be an ancient variety, recent genetic studies at U.C. Davis have determined that Cabernet Sauvignon is actually the hybrid offspring of Sauvignon Blanc and Cabernet Franc. Cabernet Sauvignon berries are small with black, thick and very tough skin. This toughness makes the grapes fairly resistant to disease and spoilage and able to withstand some autumn rains with little or no damage. It is a mid to late season ripener. These growth characteristics, along with its flavor appeal have made Cabernet Sauvignon one of the most popular red wine varieties worldwide.
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