To Kalon Cabernet Sauvignon

Hand-sorted while still cold from the field. Fermented in small, closed-top stainless steel tanks with indigenous yeasts. 5-day cold soak, 28 day total maceration. Gentle pumpovers and délestage. Spontaneous malolactic fermentation in barrel. Aged 20 months in French oak barrels;100% new. Coopers: Baron, Darnajou, Taransaud, Marcel Cadet, Radoux. Varietal Composition: 100% Cabernet Sauvignon. Bottled unfined and unfiltered.

Vineyard owner: Andy Beckstoffer. Sourced from:1.70 acres of block c2a, 1.86 acres of c2b. Clonal selection: 4. Rootstock: 039-16. Plant date: 1996. Soils: Bale loam and Bale clay loam. Exposure: 0-2% slope, full exposure. Trellis and pruning: vertical shoot positioned(vsp) | bilateral cordon. Yield: 2.2tons/acre.

An exemplary historic site that possesses enormous complexity, elegant mouthfeel, and refined tension. Displaying dark garnet with a shade of purple at the rim, the wine is expressive with scents of roses, cinnamon, blackberry compote, and tobacco leaf. Full and lively with flavors of Black Mission fig, mocha, and anise framed by firm tannins setting the stage for an endless finish that’s joined by graphite, fresh thyme, and licorice.