By Trestle Glen Vineyards
2018 Cabernet Sauvignon Sonoma Valley

Vineyard
The Trestle Glen Vineyard is grown using sustainable farming practices. The vineyard is located near Glen Ellen in Sonoma Valley between the Mayacamas Mountains and Sonoma Mountain. The unique microclimate, featuring underground natural hot springs and a gentle ocean breeze, helps prevent frost in late winter and early spring. In summer and fall, warm days tempered by gentle afternoon winds off Sonoma Mountain and cool nights provide slow, even ripening. Our vineyard has sparse, gravelly volcanic soil that ensures low vigor, low yield, and small, concentrated berries, and is often draped in morning dew and home to foxes, herons, and Bernie the cat.

Vineyard Notes
Vineyards: Block 11, 12, 21, 22
Average Yield: 3.0 tons per acre
Clones: 15, 337
Average Vine Age: 22 years old
Average Harvest Brix: 25.0

Winemaking
Grapes are harvested ripe at full maturation of flavor and color. The destemmed, hand-sorted fruit is then cold-soaked for 3 to 4 days. Fermented in small lots and punched down for gentle extraction. After fermenting, each tank receives extended maceration and is gently pressed to avoid harsh tannins. Our Cabernet Sauvignon is aged in only the finest tight-grain French oak barrels.

Technical Data
Alcohol: 14.20%
TA: 0.66 g/100mL
pH: 3.64

Tasting Notes
Dark ruby red, our classic Cabernet Sauvignon has fruit-forward aromas of berry jam, black currant, violet, and plum, with a bouquet of vanilla, caramel, nutmeg, cola, cedar, and touches of pine and mint. Rich flavors of cherry, berry, and plum combine with soft tannin and toasty oak on a lasting finish. A full-bodied Cabernet from another ripe vintage at the Trestle Glen Vineyard.
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