Vintage 2003 Estate Red Wine
Release: September 2006
This wine begins with a bright bouquet of freshly crushed rose petals and luscious dark fruits and berries. Fine leather and muted oak scents follow.
First tastes give a mouthful of just-ripened fruit. Soon, flavors become distinctly blackberry, dark cherry, and plum— hallmarks of the mountain vineyards of Pritchard Hill.
At mid-palate the wine reveals roundness and a full body, growing in complexity with time.
Soft, yet hearty tannins give a departing flourish and a graceful, lingering memory.
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WINEMAKER'S NOTES
Winemaker: Karen Bower Turjanis at Cloud View Winery
Winegrowers: Linda and Leighton Taylor
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Blend:
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67% Cabernet Sauvignon and 33% Merlot |
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Barrel aging:
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23 months in French oak, 89% new |
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Harvest 2003 dates...
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Cabernet Sauvignon:
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October 3 – 23 |
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Merlot:
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September 19 – 23 |
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Bottling date:
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September 15, 2005 -- 925 Cases |
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California Retail Price:
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$65 per 750 ml bottle, packaged in 6-bottle boxes. |
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Wine analysis:
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Alcohol 14.5%
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TA: 0.54 g/100 ml |
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pH: 3.73
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A SENSE OF PLACE
Our vineyards grow among a complex ecosystem of native plants and animals. We feel we need to recognize them as our neighbors when we talk about farming here. They thrive in the same challenging conditions as our grapes.
Cloud View wines celebrate the terroir of this ruggedly beautiful, rocky, mountain site. Intensely concentrated Pritchard Hill fruit fills a glass with all that’s best in mountain grown grapes.
The diversity of this chaparral ecosystem — hundreds of species of native birds, wildflowers, shrubs, and animals — resonates within the complexity of the wine.
Favorite native species include quail, hummingbirds, red-winged blackbirds, bobcats, coyotes, bay, sage, poppies, wild California lilac, and oaks.
-- Linda & Leighton Taylor
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