1993
Paul Hobbs Cabernet Sauvignon, Hyde Vineyard Carneros, Napa Valley
Winemaker's Notes
This Cabernet offers layers of concentrated fruit with remarkable depth and purity of flavor. The nose is big and forward with tremendous intensity riding on a powerful backbone of black-cherries, chocolate, herbaceous, cassis-scented fruit amid opulent spiciness and vanilla from oak. Superbly rich and velvety on the palate, this finely-balanced, supple, and complex wine complements a wide assortment of full-flavored pastas, meats and cheese dishes.
Vineyard
Owner/Manager
Larry Hyde
Vineyard
Hyde Vineyard
Appellation
Carneros, Napa Valley
Clones
See
Vineyard Age
10 years
Site
Hillside, alluvial, eastern exposure
Yield
3.2 tons/acre
Harvest
Harvest Date
October 2, 1993
Harvest Brix
23.8°
Growing Season
Spring rains during flowering interfered with fruit set in our block of Hyde Cabernet which affected a 30% reduction in crop yield. The remainder of the growing season was spectacular.
Winemaking
Hand-harvested grapes
Fermented in open-top stainless steel fermentors
5-day cold maceration, 32 days total maceration
Fermentation with indigenous yeast
Malo-lactic fermentation in barrels
Aged 20-months in French oak barrels, 50% New Taransaud
