2006
SONOMA COUNTY
Wedding Vineyard, Cabernet Sauvignon
First planted to Martha's Vineyard clone Cabernet in 1973, the Wedding Vineyard covers eleven gently sloping acres (up to 15 degrees, oriented south-west) on our Mountain Estate at an elevation of 1,200 feet. Approximately nine acres were replanted in 2002 under the careful guidance of David Abreu: seven blocks of Cabernet (clone 337 and Martha's Vineyard clone), one block of Petit Verdot (clone 400) and one block of Cabernet Franc (clone 327). (read more about the vineyard)
Tasting Notes
Displaying all the mountain characteristics of Wedding Vineyard with dark blackberry fruit, forest floor, cedar and anise. Strong front of the palate with densely layered ripe tannins that lengthen the wine to a sweet mid-palate full of black fruits and finishes with velvet caramel. This is a wine that is layered with developing flavors; for this reason we highly recommend decanting this wine 3-6 hours before serving to allow the wine to reveal all of its brooding, complex secrets.
- Whitney Fisher, Winemaker
Production Notes
- 75% Cabernet, 25% Cabernet Franc
- Whole-berry fermented in small open-top fermenters
- Aged 22 months in 100% new French oak barrels
Alcohol by Volume: 14.5%
pH: 3.94
Bottle Date: September 2008
Cases Produced: 450
Vintages Produced
(Notes available on recent vintages)
1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1999 2000 2001 2005 2006
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