Wine Color: Red

Vintage: 2006

Varietals: 80% Cabernet Sauvignon, 15% Petit Verdot, 5% Merlot

Appellation: Livermore Valley, San Francisco Bay

Winemaker: Karl Wente

Alcohol: 13.5%

PH: 3.67

Acid: 0.52 g/100ml

Residual Sugar: 0.03%

Vineyard:

One of the Livermore Valley’s most prominent pioneers, Charles Wetmore is honored with our finest expression of the noble Cabernet Sauvignon.  The descendants of vines Wetmore brought from France in the 19th century thrive today in the gravelly loam soils of our estate vineyards between the Arroyo del Valle and the Arroyo Mocho, streams flowing from the southern hills of the Livermore Valley. From their origins in Margaux in the 1880’s to the present, only the best of these Cabernet Sauvignon vines have been selected for each new generation planted. And they are prized for making wines with intensity, depth of flavor, and rich, lush body.

Fermentation:

All three componets were fermented in upright stainless steel fermenters and pumped over twice daily.

Aging:

The Cabernet Sauvignon and Petit Verdot were aged for 18 months in French, American, Easter European, and neutral oak.  The Merlot was aged for 12 months in neutral oak.