Technical info
Alcohol
14.6%
Varietal
Red Wine
Blend
Cabernet Sauvignon & Merlot
Oak treatment
Aged 18 months in French oak
Winemaking
Hand-selected lots of Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot showed bright and soft, supported with oak and spice notes. The red wines were carefully extracted to ensure the right balance of tannin and acidity. The oak selected for this wine
expressed notes of cinnamon and baking spice. The wine aged 18 months in French oak (50% new) allowing the oak character to be wholly
integrated. The Cabernet and Merlot are blended early to ensure by bottling time this blend is ready to enjoy immediately upon release.
Vintage
The 2020 grape harvest will be remembered for factors beyond the typical growing season. The vintage commenced with a warm, dry
winter, with cooler weather arriving in late March. While the mild spring season was a great start, our winery work was stymied by the
ongoing Covid-19 pandemic. Summer brought cool mornings and warm days, but autumnal California wildfires arrived as grape picking
began. We were fortunate our vineyards were not in active fire areas. While the red wine harvest provided a smaller yield and proved to be
one of the most challenging in history, our winemakers remained optimistic and very complimentary of the high quality achieved from this
unprecedented vintage. Overall, the season was marked by exceptional fruit development with phenolic ripeness, producing a wonderful wine
vintage. The beautiful red wines our winemakers were able to produce from the complex 2020 vintage are worth celebrating.
