2018 Proprietor Selection
Cabernet Sauvignon 1.5L
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The top expression of Cabernet Sauvignon we make each year. It is a wine for those who love big, intense, and complex red wines. Presented in a magum bottle, this large format meant for sharing and for saving, allowing the wine to age gracefully and continue to evolve over time. But in signature Rombauer style, it is absolutely delicious right now.
Flavor Profiles
Ripe, dark aromas of plum, blackberry, and black cherry all intermingle with notes of spice, black licorice, and baked pie crust. A rich, dense palate finds more blackberry and cassis flavors on the front, backed by spice, black tea, and cedar, punctuated by hints of vanilla and savory pastry. Plush, soft tannins frame this wine to give it a harmonious balance and luxurious length.
This reserve bottling comes from estate vineyards and top grower vineyards in Calistoga, St. Helena, Oakville, and Stags Leap District AVAs.
Picked at night, the grapes were carefully destemmed and optically sorted to ensure only perfect fruit was fermented into the wine. The wine was 75% barrel-fermented, providing a richer, more textured palate and seamless oak integration. The wine was gently basketpressed before being racked to French oak barrels for malolactic fermentation and aging. The finest lots were carefully chosen and blended to produce the Proprietor Selection.
- Appellation
- Napa Valley
- Harvest Date
- Sept. 26th – Nov. 1, 2018
- Varietal
- Cabernet Sauvignon
- Brix at Harvest
- 26.1
- Alcohol
- 14.8%
- Cooperage
- 16 months in French oak (90% new)
