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About This Wine:

Color: Deep Purple

Aroma: This starts with very typical Cabernet aromas of bay leaf, earth, aniseed, charcoal, lavender and baked plums.  This has a lovely perfume and it is very rewarding to just sit and smell the wine.

Palate: The palate is regal and very mannered, starting out narrow along the palate.  The flavors gently unfold onto a penetrating, yet soft finish which is held together by a silky and long tannins.  A fun drink now, these tannins have some life in them and this will age well.

Winemaking: The many parcels making up this wine were crushed into fermented in open top vessels, with regular pump overs 3 times daily to extract flavors, color and tannins.  The batches were then drained and pressed to tank and then racked to barrel for oak maturation.

Maturation: 12 months in hogsheads: 14% new French oak, balance in 1-4 year old French oak.

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