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Region: California - Sonoma - Knights Valley
Grapes: 100% Cabernet
Alcohol: 14.5%
Notes on the Wine
This Knights Valley Cabernet Sauvignon has beautiful scents of rose petal, cocoa, dark cherry, and mocha which float from the dark, inky, ruby-red body. The tannins are all-encompassing, and along with medium acidity, delivers great balance and finesse. The intense palate shows flavors of black cherries, raspberries, leather, tobacco, vanilla, and anise. The long finish is marked by a touch of dark chocolate and caramel which provide a perfect balance. This is a Cabernet built for the long haul, enjoyable now, but worthy of additional cellaring.
The 2015 Knights Valley Cabernet Sauvignon is sourced from a single vineyard in Knights Valley, an appellation characterized by its warmer climate, gorgeous higher elevation vines, and gently sloping hills. This rustic, unspoiled vineyard and its unique soil composition dominated by volcanic loam and clay soil create beautiful, full, rich wines.
The Cabernet Sauvignon was hand-picked September 26, 2015, at 25.5 degrees brix. The grapes were fermented 10 days to dryness and then macerated an additional twenty-one days to soften and develop the tannins. Following pressing the wine was moved to 60 gallon French Oak barrels, where it received three gentle barrel to barrel rackings. This vintage was barrel aged for twenty-two months prior to bottling on August 21, 2017
Notes on the Producer
With a passion for winemaking that stretches over 36 years, we believe a bottle of wine tells a story. Open the bottle, and you taste the sun the fruit absorbed and the nights it survived. You follow the winery through the rows of the vines, waiting for the optimal moment to pick. You sense the shiver the farm workers have as they delicately hand pick each cluster in the early morning of the harvest day. Our Winemaker protects the clusters through sorting, crushing, fermenting and pressing. You smell the barrels he selected and feel the serenity of years soaking in the wood. You can trust we honored the vintage and gave the wine exactly what it needed to become the best it can be without manipulating the wine.
In your hands, a bottle of wine becomes part of another story. Your story, A wine will forever be intertwined with the occasion you opened it: weddings, birthday’s, holiday’s, bbq’s, or just about any night of the week. Our hope is you allow us to be a small part of what makes your life great.
This is the passion that drives us. The passion our winery was founded on to ensure you open a bottle that over delivers in every possible way. Enjoy!
