2021 Clockwise Cabernet Sauvignon

Cabernet Sauvignon
Yountville, Napa Valley

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About this Wine

We are excited to offer this exceptional Cabernet Sauvignon from the Yountville District of Napa Valley. This wine displays a dense plum color and expressive fruit-forward aromas of blackberry and black currant, with sweet tobacco and toasty oak notes creating a rich and inviting nose.

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Winemaking

Vintage

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Tasting Notes

This luxurious Yountville Cabernet Sauvignon displays a dense plum color and expressive fruit-forward aromas of blackberry and black currant, with sweet tobacco and toasty oak notes creating a rich and inviting nose. The palate has a fresh quality that gracefully showcases the fine-grained tannins and the dark berry and oak spice flavors as they build to a long, supple finish that will only improve with age.

Winemaking

The grapes were harvested on September 30, 2021. All fruit was destemmed and crushed into open-top fermenters. Daily pump-overs during a five-day cold soak released the color and tannin. During fermentation, the grapes were gently punched down twice a day to keep the fermentation temperatures moderate and the fruit healthy for extraction. During an extended maceration, we tasted the wine daily until the optimum palate balance and tannin feel were achieved. We then pressed the finished wine off the skins and aged it for 22 months in 64% new French oak barrels and 36% once-filled barrels. Bottling occurred on August 4, 2022.

Vintage

The grapes were harvested on September 25, 2020. All fruit was destemmed and crushed into open-top fermenters. Daily pump-overs during a five-day cold soak released the color and tannin. During fermentation, the grapes were gently punched down twice a day to keep the fermentation temperatures moderate and the fruit healthy for extraction. During an extended maceration, we tasted the wine daily until the optimum palate balance and tannin feel were achieved. We then pressed the finished wine off the skins and aged it for 22 months in 30% new French oak barrels and 50% once-filled barrels. Bottling occurred in August 2022.

Vineyard

This exceptional 2021 Cabernet Sauvignon is from a prized single vineyard in the acclaimed Yountville region of Napa Valley. It features one clone, 43, grown on a historic 140-year-old vineyard site, where well-drained Bale clay loam and Coombs gravelly loam soils help to give this Cabernet its distinctive, terroir-driven character.

Technical Notes

composition:
100% Cabernet Sauvignon
Single Clone: Clone 43
alcohol: 14.5%
cases made:
326 Cases
bottling date: 08/04/2022
aging:
Aged 22 months in French oak; 30% new and 50% once-filled
fermentation:
Five day cold soak, 2x/day punchdowns with extended maceration

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