The greatest SYV Cabernet we have yet to produce, the 2021 balances its power and intensity with great texture and structure. Loaded and complex with aromas and flavors of cherry, cassis, roasted herbs, chocolate, vanilla, and earth, the 2021 has amazing balance and length, with great acidity and very ripe smooth tannins. A knockout!

• Vinous

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  The 2021 Caber­net Sauvi­gnon (San­ta Ynez Val­ley) is a clas­sic Los Olivos wine endowed with tons of inky dark fruit and plen­ty of com­pli­cat­ing earthy, savory under­tones. Blue/​purplish fruit, sage, laven­der, licorice and choco­late are front and cen­ter in this potent Caber­net. Drink­ing win­dow: 2024 — 2033.

  - By Anto­nio Gal­loni on July 2023

WINEMAKING
− Made with five different clonal selections - 15, 337, 341, 412 and 8 - on
multiple rootstocks and 5 different Los Olivos District vineyards.
− Individual vineyard lots were destemmed, hand sorted, and gently crushed
before cold-soaking for 48 hours to extract color and taste-enhancing
phenolics.
− Fermentation took place in open tops for a period of 10-14 days,
depending on the lot. The caps were punched down by hand twice daily.
After fermentation, the free run wine was drained to tank and racked to
barrel.
− Grapes were then basket pressed and bladder pressed depending on lot.
− The wine underwent spontaneous malolactic fermentation in barrel to
integrate fruit and oak character.
AGING
Aged 16 months in 30% new French and American oak, 70% seasoned and
neutral oak.
TASTING NOTES
Dark chocolate, vanilla, cassis, blueberry reduction, blackberry jam, fennel,
black pepper with good acidity and fine tannins.