2007 Winter Cabernet Sauvignon ( 95 Pts WS)

Winter Wine Cabernet Sauvignon is made in small batch oak fermenters, basket pressed, and aged entirely in new French oak for a minimum of 24 months.

Offers gorgeous fruit, with amazing purity of flavor, delivering rich, concentrated, supple layers of currant, blackberry, black licorice and mocha, with subtle loamy earth. Ends with a long, full and persistent finish. Drink now through 2019. 680 cases made. –JL

Their Cabernet Sauvignon vineyard is located at the base of Spring Mountain, in St. Helena. They blend their estate fruit with a few other vineyards selected for their quality, location and compatibility with their estate fruit.

Hand sorting, and gentle treatment in all processes from fermentation to bottling,are done to ensure that the wine will be a true expression of the fruit and appellation.

Winemaker's Notes:

2006 was an exceptional year. The season was longer and cooler than previous vintages. We left our grapes on the vines for an extended period throughout the fall, in order for them to reach peak physiological ripeness. The Indian Summer provided us with perfect conditions for tannin development, and once again we have opted to age the wine in barrel for longer than 24 months in new French Oak barriques, which has resulted in a wine of silky smooth tannins, and a fat opulent mid-palate. I believe this is our best wine yet.