2004 Ray’s Station Cabernet Sauvignon

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Tasting Notes:
When we try to describe this wine, we come up with words like rich, textured and hearty. The wine comes primarily from the Napa Valley mountains, where the West earned its Cabernet winemaking spurs, and from John G. Ray’s old stompin’ grounds in Alexander Valley. When making this wine, we decided to splash in some Merlot, Syrah and Cabernet Franc adding spicy aromatics and a plumper mid-palate. We then aged the wine in oak barrels coopered to our specifications- bringing forward the wine’s cedar forest and vanilla tones.

What we now have is a dark, ruby-red wine that John G. Ray would find to be rich, textured and a considerable value- especially due to its fruit sourcing, quality and taste. Speaking of taste, we figure we ought to discuss it before we finish. This wine has layers of concentrated wild mountain blackberry, black cherry and ripe raspberry fruit flavors. It is well-balanced with coffee notes and a sturdy tannic backbone.

Acclaim and Medals:
Silver Medal - 2007 New World International Wine Competition

Wine Stats:
Appellation: Sonoma County (Alexander Valley)
Varietal Composition: 83% Cabernet Sauvignon, 14% Merlot, 2% Syrah and 1% Cabernet Franc
Alcohol: 13.9%
Oak: 16 months in 96% French oak, 4% American oak
T.A.: 0.58 g/100mL
pH: 3.49