2006 Rose` of Cabernet
VINTNERS ESTATE SERIES
| Release Date: |
06-1-2007 |
Alcohol: |
13.5 % |
| Residual Sugar: |
1.6 % |
Acidity: |
0.65, pH 3.20 |
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Tasting Notes: This versatile wine is fairly bursting with
the aromas of freshly picked strawberries, rose petals, and a hint of
citrus. The
intense strawberry, star fruit, and gooseberry character is complimented by a slight sweetness and
balanced by crisp acidity. Serious wine for food or for sipping, now available
in pink. |
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Winemaker's Notes: We are
always pleased with the fruit character in this wine, made with 100% Cabernet
Franc from our estate vineyard. The grapes are harvested right at the first
point of complete maturity, exhibiting well-developed fruit and
spice flavors. The grapes are imediately crushed and given about 4 hours of skin
contact to extract some color before pressing. The juice was placed in a
temperature controlled fermenting tank, chilled, and inoculated with the
classic yeast for semi-sweet, fruity wines, Epernay 2. Cold fermentation preserves the delicate fruit character and
allows us to stop fermentation to retain a slight sweetness in the finished
product. Bottled in May 2007. 350 cases made.
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