Vineyard Notes
We sourced all the grapes from a small block of Cabernet Sauvignon, planted to several different clones, that was planted in 1994 on Howell Mountain. Here, at 1700-feet in elevation, the vines begin spring bud-break later because of cooler temperatures, but the grapes have longer hours of solar radiation—being above the fog-line—for ripening. Because the vines are never shaded due to the north-south row direction and slope of the land, a two-wire, cane-pruned trellis system is used to give the clusters a leaf canopy for dappled light and protection from sunburn.
