Wines
2022 Cabernet Sauvignon
VALLEY SELECT
VALLEY SELECT
This wine is medium bodied with a ruby garnet color with concentrated flavors of red fruits and pronounced notes of cherry and blueberry. A concentrated wine made with vineyard valley fruit, it has soft tannins and long finish, this vintage can age beautifully over the next 5-10 years.
A blend of 95% Cabernet Sauvignon, 5% Petite Verdot
Aged 12 months new and seasoned French oak casks
Suggested Food Pairings:
Grilled steaks, prime rib, beef stews, short ribs, venison dishes, baked cod with crabmeat stuffing, hard cheeses like Parmigiana Reggiano.
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Winemaker's Notes
Growing Season
The growing season was long with hot summer days, tempered by cool nights from the cool ocean breeze that flows into the valley, perfect conditions for the long ripening needed for Cabernet. The fruit was beautifully ripe with a perfect balance of sugars, phenolics, and acidity, with intense concentration of flavors.
The 2022 vintage was a more typical growing season and this wine captures the essence of that season in each bottle.
The grapes were grown in warm valley floor vineyard blocks. The valley grapevines ripen slightly sooner than hillside blocks and contribute more rounder fruit-forward flavors on the palate. After two weeks of fermentation, the wine was aged and matured in French oak casks for 12 months.
Harvest
The fruit was hand harvested in late-September and loaded into 36 pound lugs to avoid damage, and shipped in refrigerated trucks to preserve the freshness of the fruit.
Winemaking
Original Brix: 23.8
pH: 3.45
Alcohol by Vol. 13.4%
Aged 12 months new and seasoned French oak casks.
Bottled January, 2024
Molinas Cork Grade 0 (finest)
Tasting Notes
A complex wine with valley fruit, soft tannins, and extended length to the finish, this vintage will age beautifully over the next 5-10 years.
Full bodied with flavors of red fruits with pronounced notes of cherry and blueberry.
Highest Grade Sustainable Cork
Cork Grade 0 (rated 0-10, 0 being best)
Molinas Cork was started over 100 years ago by Pietro Molinas on the Italian island of Sardinia. Besides its beautiful beaches, Sardinia is known for its large, government protected Cork tree forests.
Today, the 4th generation of the Molinas family sustainably harvests cork from these protected trees. Different than most cork available in the market, the bark is allowed to mature an additional year. This leads to a less porous, higher quality cork, and has less impact on the forest. Throughout the entire process from tree to finished cork, quality control is strictly monitored and the trees are respected and protected for future harvests.
We only use Molinas Cork grade 0 corks for our Cabernet Sauvignon Reserve wines which allows our top premium wines to age from 5-20 years.
Watch: Harvesting Cork in Sardinia