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Appellation: |
Napa Valley, Spring Mountain District |
Varietal: |
Cabernet
Sauvignon Blend |
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Winemaker Notes |
| Deep, dark Ruby color, distinct ripe Cabernet aroma, vanilla
and oak, slight bottle bouquet, very full body and big impressive
flavor. Broad and ample tannins. Rich flavor,
balanced finish. |
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The 1990 Vintage |
| The grapes were from the Spring Mountain District grown
on what was then the new vineyard around the large Victorian,
Miravalle. The wine is mostly Cabernet Sauvignon with
a small percent of Merlot. Fermented fully on the
skins, aged in seasoned French oak barrels for 22 and new
French oak for six months. A warm growing season where
grapes ripened fully with huge color and tannin. A
transition wine, made by the founder of the vineyard, aged
and bottled by the current owner. |
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Spring Mountain Estate |
| Grapes from each of the four vineyard properties are considered
as we select the lots to be used in our Estate Cabernet
Sauvignon. The multitude of top quality lots with
distinctly different attributes allows us to be extremely
selective in making the final blend. The result is
a true Estate Cabernet Sauvignon that reflects the unique
growing conditions of the Spring Mountain growing district. |
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Spring Mountain Vineyard |
| Originally four individual historic Napa Valley properties, Miravalle, La Perla, Alba, and Chevalier have now been combined to create an 850 acre estate of forest and vineyard on the eastern slopes of Spring Mountain overlooking the small town of Saint Helena. Over 225 acres of the estate are planted to vine, creating 135 separate hillside vineyard blocks each with its own unique soil, exposure, and microclimate. The vineyard is planted in densities of 4,000 vines per acre and trained to the ancient gobelet form, a vertical trellising method that was invented in an earlier millennium by the Romans. |
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