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2009 Textbook Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon "Mise en place", Oakville District, Napa Valley•Superbly mature and well-drained sites on rocky east-side of Oakville District AVA, next door to Screaming Eagle, down the road from Rudd & Joseph Phelps' Backus Vineyard
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• ACCOLADES •2008 Vintage
91 POINTS - HIGHLY RECOMMENDED, OUTSTANDING
2007 Vintage CELLAR SELECTION 91 POINTS - OUTSTANDING OUTSTANDING
2006 Vintage EXCELLENT & HIGHLY RECOMMENDED
2005 Vintage 91 points - OUTSTANDING 94 Points EXCELLENT! • Vintage 2009 •While we suffered through almost thirty days of frost in 2008, in 2009 we saw only five. Add to this helpful late spring rains which filled reservoirs and a heat spell in June which curtailed excessive canopy development. By mid-summer we were optimistic as it gave us only a few 100F-plus days so we saw little shriveled fruit and ripening occurred evenly. A splash of rain in early October dusted off the leaves and caused little worry for the thick-skinned Cabernet grapes. On October 21 we hand harvested small bunches in immaculate condition with excellent flavor and balanced acids. Our 2009 "Mise en Place" is crafted to be a delicious Oakville District • TWO REMARKABLE Vineyards •TEXTBOOK "Mise en place" Cabernet Sauvignon comes from two very special single vineyard sites located on the extreme eastern and western sides of the Oakville District abutting the rugged and dry Vaca Mountain and verdant Mayacamas mountain ranges. These sub-sections of the Oakville AVA are renowned for superb, richly-textured Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot. The terrain is characterized by steep hills which bask in warm, sunny afternoons offering an ideal growing environment. Soil profiles include gravelly alluvium (eroded off the nearby mountains) covered by shallow gravelly loam and in some places interspersed with large boulders. They are quite infertile and very well-drained. Planted in the early 1980's and 1990's these two sites clonal material include heritage selections (likely from Beaulieu Block). • Winemaking •TEXTBOOK Cabernet Sauvignon & Merlot clusters were field-sorted, hand-harvested and then hand-sorted at the winery at an average of 25.2 Brix and subsequently cold soaked for 6 days in open-top, temperature-controlled fermenters. One to two daily punchdowns during fermentation kept the caps immersed and extracted superb flavor and structure. After twenty-two days on their skins (Cabernet) and eighteen (Merlot) we gently pressed into French oak barriques where the lots completed ML fermentation over the winter. Barrels were of the highest quality; 100% French, 45% new, three-year air-dried, medium-toast with toasted heads and handcrafted by Boutes, Francois Frères and Nadalié. Oakville Merlot from the westside foothills added mouthfeel and softness and completed the classic "Bordeaux Left Bank" blend profile. Twenty-six months maturation in barrel with two rackings and one egg white fining integrated flavors and developed its wonderfully balanced, yet textured mouth-feel. We bottled twelve barrels. • Wine Facts • Regional Composition: 100% Oakville District Fact Sheet
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91 POINTS
"Glass-staining ruby. Pungent aromas of blackcurrant, cherry pit, vanillin oak and cured tobacco. Densely packed and energetic, offering sweet dark berry and cherry compote flavors and notes of vanilla bean, mocha and licorice. Picks up a smoky oak quality with air that lingers on the very long, precise finish. Concentrated, polished cabernet with the structure to age."
