| 1999 Proprietary Red Table Wine
Cloud View Vineyard's 1999 Proprietary Red Table Wine is rich with intensely dark ripe fruit, round mid-palate and a long lingering finish of velvety tannins.
The myriad of aromas includes anise and fennel, black olive and wild ginger, and is supported by a solid base of dark fruit and the toasty vanilla of fine French oak.
On the palate, the ripe fruit opens up to hues of raspberry, blackberry, and dark black cherry with subtleties of lavender. The tannic backbone, which draws itself directly from this mountain site, weaves seamlessly with the warmth of creamy oak.
We have crafted this wine for enjoyment now and well into the future.
AROMA & COLOR
Earthy–red dust, dark ripe fruit, wild sage, anise, fennel, black olive, ginger, vanilla oak. Profoundly garnet with the deep colors unique to mountain fruit.
FLAVOR
Dark ripe fruit, raspberry, blackberry, lavender, velvety tannins, and subtle, creamy oak.
OVERALL COMMENTS
Lush, delicious, round mid-palate, long finish, mouth filling— our winemaker’s blend of her skill and our vineyards’s terroir.
WINEMAKING NOTES
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CABERNET SAUVIGNON
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MERLOT
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BRIX°:
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25
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24.8
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TA:
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0.49
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0.51
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HAND-HARVEST DATE:
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10/15/99
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9/29/99
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FERMENTATION: initial fermentation by Pasteur Red in stainless-steel; malolactic in barrels.
BARRELS AND AGING: 21 months in 88% new French oak; 12% seasoned French oak.
BLEND: 56% Cabernet Sauvignon; 44% Merlot, 100% Estate grown
CORKS: pre-tested by a professional panel at Napa’s Ascent Laboratories.
ALCOHOL: 14.1%
BOTTLING DATE: August 7, 2001
RELEASE DATE: March 12, 2002
WINEGROWING NOTES
The 1999 growing season began with wet, cool weather that lasted through bloom, so bud break was delayed by 3-4 weeks. A warm, dry September developed sugars and allowed a welcome hang-time that fully ripened the fruit, and produced complex tastes and full intensity.
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