2017 Cabernet Knights Valley
The wines complexity from a range of soil types, and exposures, lends itself to the layered aromas and flavors show generous aromas of blackberry, dark chocolate, and maple accented with black pepper, roasted coffee, and notes of cedar. This wine stays rich and big on the palate. This well-structured wine promises to age for decades.
Vineyard
The 2017 Knights Valley Cabernet Sauvignon is sourced from a single vineyard in Knights Valley, an appellation characterized by its warmer climate, gorgeous higher elevation vines, and gently sloping hills. This rustic, unspoiled vineyard and its unique soil composition dominated by volcanic loam and clay soil create beautiful, full, rich wines.
Winemaking
The Cabernet Sauvignon was hand-picked September 20, 2017, at 25.5 degrees brix. The grapes were fermented 10 days to dryness and then macerated an additional twenty-one days to soften and develop the tannins. Following pressing the wine was moved to 60 gallon French Oak barrels, where it received three gentle barrel to barrel rackings. This vintage was barrel aged for twenty-two months prior to bottling on August 21, 2018.