2016 SINGLE VINEYARD LIMITED CAB SAUV
Aroma / Flavor: Blackberry / black currant / cinnamon / vanilla / violet / dark chocolate / earth
Texture: fresh / tart / smooth / long / vibrant / elegant
Vanilla, chocolate, worn leather, cassis, blackberry patch, black pepper, nutmeg, and hint of dried herbs. Spicy fruit, leather, cocoa, and toasted coconut, with a touch of vanilla. Long and structured with a lively grippy finish.
Cellaring: As with all Red Mountain red wines, it should age well, probably peaking in 15 years, but still a great wine even at 20-30 years old.
Production: Grapes are from Bel’ Villa vineyard. This wine was cold soaked overnight then inoculated with yeast, fermented for 6 days on skins while being pumped over twice daily before pressing to barrels, where it was inoculated with malo-lactic bacteria. It was 100% barrel aged for 22 months in 80% new French oak and 20% neutral oak.
Harvest: 2016 had a very mild and warm winter followed by a wet Spring with a few heat spikes early on in May. Summer had an average amount of heat, but nothing like what we saw in 2015. A few rain events throughout the growing season made regulating irrigation water a bit tricky. The first part of harvest had mild heat which made for steady and even ripening of the fruit. The end of harvest was hit with off and on rain for a few weeks, which really slowed things down and stretched out picking dates. The 2016 harvest resulted in large crops with impressive fruit quality.
| Vintage | 2016 |
| Varietal | Cabernet Sauvignon |
| Varietal Composition | 100% Cabernet Sauvignon |
| Appellation | Red Mountain AVA |
| Vineyard | 100% Jolet vineyard |
| Acid | 5.7 g/L |
| PH | 3.98 |
| Alcohol | 14.00% |
| Volume | 750 ml |
| Bottling Date | 03/16/2017 |
| Cases Produced | 118 - 12-pack cases |
