Cabernet Sauvignon DATE NIGHT [2008]

APPELLATION/GROWING REGION: Napa County – Pope Valley
VINEYARD: Temple Family Vineyards
AGE OF VINES: 16 years old
FARMED: Organically
VARIETAL CONTENT: 96% Cabernet Sauvignon, 4% Petite Verdot
HARVEST DATE: October 17, 2008
HARVEST PROCEDURE: Hand picked in the cold midnight, then destemmed, sending the whole, unbroken berries straight to the fermenter for five days of extended cold soak.
FERMENT: Temperature controlled stainless steel tanks
YEAST: Indigenous
TIME IN OAK / TYPE OF OAK: 10 months in 70% new 60 gallon French oak barrels
BOTTLED: June 2010
ALCOHOL: 14.5%
BRIX AT HARVEST: 25.4
TA: .58
pH: 3.9
FINING: none
CASES PRODUCED: 223
PROPRIETORS: Suzanne Phifer Pavitt & Shane Pavitt
WINEMAKER: Ted Osborne
NATIONAL SUGGESTED RETAIL PRICE: $80.00

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