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Tasting Notes • 2002 Cabernet Savignon -Particelli Vineyards
This wine will be available August 2005
Harvest Date: October 7, 2002
Sugar Level: 24.6º Brix
Total Acidity: 0.55 g/100ml
Vineyard Source: Particelli Vineyard, St. Helena, Napa Valley
Fermentation: Nine days with 3x daily pump overs. Pressed at 0º Brix.
Malo-lactic: 45 days in tank.
Barrel Aging: 25 months in French oak, 33% new. Two rack and returns.
Bottled: 14 February, 2005. 355 cases produced.
Alcohol: 14.77% by volume.
The cabernet sauvignon fruit comes from the Particelli Vineyard in St. Helena, vertically trained cordons on six foot by eight foot spacing, oriented north-south, and planted on 101-14 rootstock. Two clones, 337 and 6, were used for the wine.

The must was inoculated with D254 yeast on the day of harvest and the juice was pumped over three times daily. It was pressed after nine days when all measurable sugar was used, and racked. The wine’s malo-lactic conversion took place over the course of 45 days, after which it was racked to barrels.

The wine was aged for twenty five months in French oak barrels, 33% of which were new. It was topped every month and racked twice during aging. A final racking preceded filtration. The wine was bottled on 14 February, 2005. 355 cases were produced.

The 2002 Particelli Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon has a fruity, berry nose highlighted by spicy oak. It pairs well with a thick steak or barbequed chicken.
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