
Matthiasson 2019 Cabernet Sauvignon Phoenix Vineyard
This single vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon is unique, perfumed and exotic with a lightness on the palate contrasted by a structured finish. Tech Variety: 100% Cabernet SauvignonVineyard: Phoenix VineyardLocation: Napa Valley, CAAlcohol: 13%Production: 233 cases Tasting Notes The rock content and sea minerals of these soils create unique and haunting wines with high-toned red fruits, perfumed and exotic, and a lightness in the mid-palate that is contrasted by a long, firm, and structured finish. Wine singular enough, yet complete enough, to be worthy of a single vineyard designation. The wine should reward long aging, or enjoyment young with a meal after a little decanting. Winemaking After multiple small hand harvests to ‘cherry pick’ individual vines as they become ripe, the fruit was fermented at low temperatures in small, open-top tanks and punched down by hand one to three times per day, depending on how the wine tasted during the fermentation. This wine was given 20 months of elevag