2005 Estate Reserve
2005 Estate Reserve
2005 Estate Reserve
Tasting Notes
This intensely complex blend fills your mouth with dark chocolate drenched, ripe plums, black currant and pomegranate. Velvety soft tannins give way to a passionate finish that makes you yearn for more.
Vintage
The 2005 vintage was excellent: a summer of moderate heat and a long, dry autumn which allowed the grapes to hang well in to October. Harvest and fermentation posed the least stress to the fruit in years and the quality shows. The resulting wine contains the richness of the 2004 vintage but with enhanced structure and higher quality tannins.
Winemaking
Hand picked and hand sorted. Punched down by hand to extract generous color and flavor while producing soft, supple tannins. Racked every 3-4 months to soften and clarify the wine. Aged 36 months in 100% new French oak barrels. Unfiltered, unfined.
Vineyards
Neuffer Estate Vineyards
Composition: 78% Cabernet Sauvignon, 17% Cabernet Franc and 5% Petit Verdot
AVA: Walla Walla Case production: 200 cases Release date: April 2010
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