2004 Cabernet Sauvignon - Alexander Valley

• 100% Estate fruit, 97% Cabernet Sauvignon, 3% Merlot
• 2 estate vineyard sources – Revelations Vineyard and Asti Vineyard
• 2 bud spurs, cordon pruned, vertical and T trellis systems
• Green fruit thinned at veraison
• Hand sorted at the destemmer/crusher
• Brix approximately 24.5 to 25.5
• French, Hungarian and American cooperage
• Open and closed top fermentations
• Cold soak prior to inoculation
• 5 lots fermented separately and blended after aging

To make this great wine we selected grapes from the best blocks of our vineyard atop a ridge in the Mayacama mountain range at an elevation of 1,100 feet and blended them with grapes from selected blocks of our hillside vineyard overlooking the Russian River near the town of Asti. Five individual vineyard lots were fermented separately and then carefully blended to create a mosaic of flavors. This wine is primarily Cabernet Sauvignon (clone 337, clone 7) with 3% Merlot and was co-fermented with a small lot of our Cabernet from Big Ridge in Healdsburg resulting in a lush and concentrated wine of deep ruby/purple color with a rich forward palate and lengthy finish. The aromatics of this wine are reminiscent of currant, cherry and fruit cobbler.