Harvest Date Beckstoffer-October 23 /Hyde-October 30

Growing Season A cool, damp, spring delayed the start of the growing season, and contributed to a small crop yield. An extended, warm Indian Summer allowed the fruit to reach maturity with rich, complex flavors.

Winemaking

• Hand-harvested grapes
• Fermented in open-top stainless steel fermentors
• 4-5-day cold maceration, 21 days total maceration
• Fermentation with indigenous yeast
• Malolactic fermentation in barrels
• Aged 19-months in Demptos and Taransaud French oak barrels, 50% new
• Unfined; bottled August 2000
• Varietal Composition: Cabernet Sauvignon 75% / Merlot 25%