Description

Properties: Wurtele Vineyard and Bale s Creek Estate

Appellation: Spring Mountain District, Napa Valley

Clonal Selections: clone 7, 4 and 337 cabernet sauvignon, clone 214 cabernet franc

Sites: North facing slopes at 1000 feet and 1900 feet elevation in the Mayacamas mountain range in west Napa Valley

Yields: 2.5 tons acre

Growing Season

The 2013 2014 winter was one of the driest on record in California and rainfall totals in the Napa Valley were approximately half of normal. However, the timing could not have been better: heavy rains in late February and early March gave a much-needed drink of water to the vines as they were emerging from dormancy and about to begin bud break. With a warm spring and summer, the benefit of the drought was that berry sizes were smaller and had more concentrated flavors, which contributed to the overall quality of the 2014 harvest.

Harvest Date: October 15th-30th 2014

Harvest Brix: 26.6°brix