2016 Cabernet Sauvignon
Wine Profile
Tasting Notes
This bold wine boasts a nose of seared plums, violets, scorched earth, vanilla and Szechuan peppercorn. The chewy midpalate is a powerful showcase of blackberry, licorice, sandalwood and blackcurrant. This heavyweight is cut through the middle with a lightning bolt of minerality that refreshes the palate and drives towards an impressive finish.
Vineyard Notes
100% estate
Production Notes
Destemmed and cold soaked for 10 days with daily pump-overs. 8-day fermentation with a mix of delestages, pump-overs and punchdowns for cap management. 18-day total maceration.
Other Notes
Blends: 95% Cabernet Sauvignon, 5% Cabernet Franc
Wine Specs
Vintage
2016
Varietal
Cabernet Sauvignon
Appellation
Paso Robles
Vineyard Designation
Estate
Acid
6.9 g/l
pH
3.53
Aging
Aged for 22 months in 225L French oak barriques: 80% new, 20% neutral.
Fermentation
Destemmed and cold soaked for 10 days with daily pump-overs. 8-day fermentation with a mix of delestages, pump-overs and punchdowns for cap management. 18-day total maceration.
Bottling Date
July 16, 2018. Bottled unfined and unfiltered.
Alcohol %
14.5