2019 Cabernet Sauvignon
This wine belongs next to a dirty martini in a lounge with trouble on the mind. Or just drink by your fireplace and make good decisions. Up to you. Dusty leather, camphor, cinnamon, blackberries, green spice, and the sweet scent of a cigar box. So much fruit in the mouth, balanced with juicy acid and tannins that grip and then ease.
This is a powerful wine. Pair with lingerie and hand sanitizer. Eat later.
Wine Specifications
ABV
14.8%
Vintage
2019
Region
Santa Barbara County
Varietal
95% Cabernet Sauvignon, 3% Petit Verdot, 2% Merlot
Vineyard notes
The Cabernet was all picked in October after a long and late season. The vines loved the winter rains which showed in their healthy canopies well into October. They finally shut down in late October after nighttime temperatures dropped into the 30s. It was a seemingly perfect vintage.
Production notes
The Cabernet Sauvignon is a blend of three different clones from different parts of the vineyard. The fruit harvested in the early morning then was 100% destemmed and hand-sorted. Clone 337 was fermented in oak rotary fermenters, clone 191 was in open-top oak barrels, and the See clone was fermented in an open top stainless steel tank. The wine spent an average of 30 days on skins before being gently pressed into 50% new French oak barrels for maturation.
CASES: 236
