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The hillside vineyard sits at almost 1,200 feet in a growing region located in the southeast corner of the Napa Valley known as Mount George. This part of the Napa Valley is cooler than most of the area, but the altitude of the vineyard and its northwest exposures provide excellent ripening conditions for the Cabernet Sauvignon based wine. The limiting mountain soils naturally control the size of the crop ensuing the grapes have excellent concentration of flavor.
The area is above the fog line ensuring warm summer days and cool evenings, the exposure allows sun into the canopy from early morning until late afternoon during the growing season, creating deep magenta color and intense berry flavors in the wine. Cool breezes off San Francisco Bay allow air into the canopy keeping mildew problems to a minimum.
The first area planted in 1992 is on rootstock 3309 clone 8. This area is head trained, spur pruned but is slowly being converted to head trained, cane pruned on the advice of consultants to ensure better vine health. The newer vineyard planted in 1996 is on rootstock 110R clone 337 and is head trained, cane pruned.
All of the fruit for the wine comes exclusively from these two vineyards, harvested together and blended into 100% estate Cabernet Sauvignon wine.
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