WINEMAKER NOTES

A wine with a timeless quality, evoking life’s most luxurious pleasures. Sultry aromas of dark fruit, tobacco, and smoked meat, with notes of graphite. An expansive palate of berries, plum, and sassafras over layers of spice and minerality. Impeccable structure of leathery tannins enveloped by soft acidity, with an expressive, lingering finish. 

ABOUT THE VINEYARD

Stagecoach Vineyard is a study in determination, literally cultivated with a water witch and the removal of a billion tons of rock. Once considered unplantable, this world-class vineyard yields fruit of astonishing quality. The Cabernet Sauvignon for this wine is grown in a block at the top of the property on rugged terrain, producing a lower yield of impressive intensity and structure.

COMPOSITION

95% Cabernet Sauvignon, 4% Petit Verdot, 1% Cabernet Franc

cooperage

26 months in 80% new French oak

ACCOLADES

James Suckling - 92 points