Wine: Cabernet Sauvignon
Vintage: 2017
Vineyard: Bricco
Harvested: September 2017
Brix @ Harvest: 23.5
Alcohol: 14%
pH: 3.40
TA: 6.85
Fermentation: Hand harvested Cabernet Sauvignon grapes and chilled to 8C for 36 hours of skin contact. Stainless steel alcoholic fermentation and sequential malolactic fermentation in French Chassin oak barrels.
Aging: Aged in 25% new and 75% neutral French oak barrels from Chassin for 12 months.
Aromas: Cassis and anise.
Flavors: Blackberry, warm spices, tobacco.
Vintage Notes: Healthy fruit with good maturation which was the result of adequate rainfall, hot days and cool evenings.