Region: Carneros, Napa Valley, California

Varietal: 88% Cabernet Sauvignon, 10% Cabernet Franc, 1% Petit Verdot and 1% Malbec

Tasting notes: Floral aromas of ripe plum, raspberry, and cassis; with a touch of cedar and vanilla. The mouth is layered with intense flavors of cherry, red currants, and berry jam. Ripe tannins focus on the palate and provide a lengthy finish of spice and red fruit. This is a classic Napa Cab, with old school Napa charm, that focuses on balance over power.

Producer: Truchard Vineyards is a small, family-owned winery in the Carneros region of Napa Valley. Proprietors Tony and Jo Ann Truchard have managed a successful vineyard and grown exceptional grapes for nearly 40 years. Through their hard work and devotion to this unique property, they helped pioneer grape growing in the Carneros region of Napa. In 1989, the Truchards established a winery and began producing wines using only their estate-grown fruit.

Vineyard and Winemaking: The Truchard Estate Vineyard is located in the Carneros region of the Napa Valley. It is 400 acres of rolling hills and valleys that contain a variey of soils: clay, shale, sandstone, limestone, volcanic ash and rock. The combinations of terrain, geology and marine-moderated temperatures provide ideal growing conditions for wine-grapes. The vines that go into this bottling range from 19 - 42 years in age. The wine was aged for 20 months in French oak barrels (45% new). 100% grown, bottled and produced at Truchard Vineyards.