Harvest Date October 9 – October 28

Growing Season Classic Cabernet Sauvignon growing conditions in Napa Valley of warm days and cool nights resulted in a crop with excellent color, fully developed flavors and great acidity. Diligent work in the vineyard to limit a large crop set helped optimize richness in the grapes. Cool weather during harvest provided enhanced flavor development.

Winemaking

• Hand-harvested grapes
• Fermented in small, open-top stainless steel fermentors
• 4-5-day cold maceration, 20 days total maceration
• Fermentation with indigenous yeast
• Spontaneous malolactic fermentation in barrel
• Aged 20-months in Demptos and Taransaud French oak barrels, 57% new
• Unfined and unfiltered; bottled June 25 and 26, 2002
• Varietal Composition: Cabernet Sauvignon 76% / Merlot 12% / Cabernet Franc 7% / Petit Verdot 5%