Harvest Date October 9

Growing Season A summer of consistent, moderate weather in Oakville created ideal conditions to develop intense flavors and complexity in the grapes. A warm Indian summer fully ripened the fruit to produce some of the best wines of the decade.

Winemaking

• Hand-harvested grapes
• Fermented in small, open-top stainless steel fermentors with indigenous yeasts
• 4-5-day cold maceration, 20 days total maceration
• Fermentation with indigenous yeast
• Spontaneous malolactic fermentation in barrel
• Aged 21-months in Demptos, Taransaud, and Seguin Moreau French oak barrels, 75% new
• Unfined and unfiltered; bottled July 2001
• Varietal Composition: Cabernet Sauvignon 95.5% / Petit Verdot 4.5%