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Wine Details
Price:
$250.00 per bottle
Description:
This superb wine is styled to showcase the best of Sonoma, made from premium grapes from several of Sonoma County’s finest vineyards, spanning from Carneros to Alexander Valley in order to craft a wine that expresses a full range of fruit flavors.
This Reserve wine consists of Cabernet Sauvignon (86%) blended with Merlot (10%) and Malbec (4%).
Built to age, this cabernet is very well structured and well balanced, showing a lot of power and gorgeous finesse true wine connoisseurs find so captivating. In the nose, you will find attractive aromas of blueberry, black licorice and cassis and on the palate, you will discover layer after layer of black currant, raspberries, chocolate and sage around fleshy tannins. A “Grand Vin”! Drink from 2010 to 2025.
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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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