Cabernet Sauvignon 2005 - Yosemite View

$13.95 per bottle

CHERRIES! Big black cherry and currant aromas positively jump out of the glass, being so pervasive as to almost subdue the oak, as well as the dried herb quality that defines ripe and varietal Cabernet. Sweet red cherries, sweet red cherries, and sweet red cherries are the three flavors that dominate the palate, with sweet black cherry playing a supporting role. This wine is very bold and flavorful, with chewy, chalky, but refined tannins in the finish. Mostly from Gardner Vineyard in Mariposa.

The Cabernet grapes for this wine came from two locations in the Sierra Foothills. The Renaissance Vineyard is located in the very northern reaches of the appellation, in Yuba County. It is an older planting, the hillsides having been terraced by hand by a communal group begun there in the 1970’s. The balance of the fruit came from another older planting: E.J. and Shirley Miller’s Temperance Creek Vineyard in the Hunter’s Valley of Mariposa County. The Renaissance Cab gives the blend its fruitiness and body, while the Miller’s gives it its backbone. The wine is 100% Cabernet Sauvignon.