2008 Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon
As has become tradition, our Rock Arch cabernet, the last grapes to be picked in 2008, is featured prominently in our Reserve Cabernet, the final wine of the vintage to be released. This year we are also very excited to have a new contributor to the blend. Our "Jim's Vineyard" block, planted in 2006 with green-growing bench-grafts taken from the 30-year-old Rock Arch block, produced a tiny crop that made an elixir so tantalizing it just had to be featured in our crown jewel reserve wines. Jim's shares many of the unique traits we love about Rock Arch – inky black color, massive but supple tannins, and flavor intensity that won't quit. But "Jim's," named after founder Jim Pride, has a lushness and voluptuousness we have never experienced from Rock Arch. With flavors of black cherry, kirsch, plum, dark chocolate and hazelnut, the 2008 Reserve Cab is a concentrated, velvety, smile-inducing, "wow" wine.
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Profile
| Appellation: | Napa/Sonoma |
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| Vintage: | 2008 |
| Harvest: | November 2008 |
| Fermentation: | Stainless Steel |
| Cooperage: | French Oak |
| Blend: | 97% Cabernet Sauvignon/3% Petite Verdot |
| Alcohol: | 15.2% |
| Bottling: | July 2010 |
| Production: | 1245 cases |
| Release Date: | April 18, 2011 |
| Price: | $130.00 |
- February 8, 2012 Steven Tanzer's International Wine Cellar: May/June 2011 Issue 156
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Rating: 94
Deep medium ruby. Pure, lively aromas of blackberry, licorice, dark chocolate and smoked meat. Dense and lush, but with lovely energy and lift to the flavors of currant, licorice and herbs. Really lovely fruit here, with suave, ripe acidity and firm but sweet tannins giving the finish a juicy sweetness not currently displayed by the 2007, which is bigger and more powerful but less showy today.