Our Estate Super-Tuscan Blend of 40% Cabernet Sauvignon and 60% Sangiovese shows why a dry-farmed vineyard is so highly thought of and sought after.
91 points, Cellar Selection, Wine Enthusiast
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Wine Specs
Vintage
2013
Varietal
Sangiovese/Cabernet Sauvignon Blend
Appellation
Templeton Gap District
Vineyard Designation
Carly's Vineyard
Harvest Date
September 10, 2013
Acid
TA 0.68
pH
3.47
Aging
Aged for 40 months in 20% new French oak barrels
Fermentation
Cold soak for 4 days; 25% whole cluster 75% whole-berry and fermented 20 days on skins in open top stainless steel tanks• Cold soak for 4 days; 25% whole cluster 75% whole-berry and fermented 20 days on skins in open top stainless steel tanks
Bottling Date
February 27, 2015
Residual Sugar
0
Alcohol %
12.9
Wine Enthusiast
91
Wine Profile
Tasting Notes
Our Estate Super-Tuscan Blend of 40% Cabernet Sauvignon and 60% Sangiovese shows why a dry farmed vineyard is so highly thought of and sought after.
Vineyard Notes
Planted in 1998, our Estate vineyard, “Carly’s Vineyard” is own rooted, dry farmed, head trained two acres of Cabernet Sauvignon and two acres of Sangiovese. Planted in Lockwood/Series (Fine loamy) soils with large Salinas river cobblestone rock naturally in the rows and in between each vine.
Production
199 cases produced