Winemaker's Tasting Notes

2003 is truly a child of California: fully ripe with a rich bouquet of red berries at first. Spices and vanilla and coffee and liquorices coming right after to create a complex and intriguing and elegantly balanced nose that makes one coming back to it several times.

On our mountain and rocky vineyards, the vines work very hard yielding small berries with a thick skin to produce intense yet elegant, refine yet forceful and mature grapes. That part alone is responsible for the great intensity coming from our Cabernet VGS.

The attack on the palate is full and the mouth-feel is rich and dense and the wine has a good presence in the mouth with a nice weight without being heavy. You feel the structure and the well rounded tannins.

Enjoy this Cabernet now, the really nice thing about 2003 is its drinkability and approachability but you can also lay some into your cellar to enjoy within the next 10 years to gain some more complex flavors.