2018 The Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon, To Kalon Vineyard

$260

Total $260
Total

これは、To Kalon Vineyard 指定リザーブの 8 番目のヴィンテージです。毎年、私たちのブレンドはこの特異なブドウ畑の「最初の成長」の品質を反映しています。このリザーブは、ト カロン ヴィンヤード内の最高級のブロックからブレンドされ、翌年ブレンドを作成するまで、発酵と熟成を通じて各ブロックまたはサブブロックを別々に保ち、細心の注意を払って作られています。

ワインは深みがあり、生き生きとしていて、ジューシーで、最初から最後まで美しく流れます。今はとても楽しいですが、先は長いです。

Tobacco
Licorice
Molasses

Blackberries
Summer Plums
Violets

ABV 14.0%

Vintage 2018

Varietal Cabernet Sauvignon

Acidity 5.9 g/L

pH 3.73

Residual Sugar 0.20 g/L

Composition 93% Cabernet Sauvignon, 5% Cabernet Franc, 2% Petit Verdot

Pairs well with ribeye with wild mushrooms and vegetable tarts

This is the eighth vintage of our To Kalon Vineyard-designated Reserve. When Robert Mondavi chose this vineyard in west Oakville as the home for his new winery in 1966, he remarked that it was “a vineyard with a distinguished history and a magical nature. Ideal soils, sunlight, and rain – to my eye, the vineyard was a treasure.” Each year our blend reflects the Grand Cru quality of this singular vineyard. The Reserve is blended from the finest blocks within the To Kalon Vineyard, and meticulously crafted by keeping each block or sub-block separate through fermentation and aging, until we create the blend the following year. 

Pts. James Suckling "Gorgeous aromas of lead pencil, graphite, blackcurrant, earth and moss. Full-bodied with silky, creamy tannins. Juicy and expressive, with incredible depth and complexity. The palate just keeps going, too. Fruity and powerful at the start, but turns more mineral and savory by the end. Superb. Best after 2024." - James Suckling, JamesSuckling.com, September 21, 2022
Pts. Wine Spectator "Dark and winey, with a smoldering intensity to the flavors of black currant preserves, fig paste and plum reduction. The structure is loamy, rich and driven in feel, while tobacco and warm stone accents play their supporting role. A brick house with a bit of an old-school feel. To be released September, 2021. Best from 2023 through 2036. 3,048 cases made." - James Molesworth, Wine Spectator, October 31, 2021