Wine Specs
Vintage
2018
Varietal
Cabernet Sauvignon
Appellation
Mt. Veeder
Harvest Date
October 22, 2018
Sugar
27.5°
Acid
6.1 g/L
pH
3.63
Aging
100% New French Oak
Bottling Date
July 2020
Alcohol %
14.5
2018 Paratus RESERVE Mt Veeder Cabernet Sauvignon
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Wine Profile
Tasting Notes
Blueberry, violets, and pepper. The palate has building and plush tannins with a wonderful mineral note of crushed granite shining through the whole experience. Layered, complex, and lingering, a true wine drinking experience. Wonderful now, this wine will however benefit from further bottle aging reaching its peak in 7 to 10 years but drinkable for 20 years.
Vineyard Notes
The year started with great rains. Bud break was a bit late, fruit set was even larger than normal. Typical ripening season with sunny warm days and cool marine nights, no major heat spikes. The relatively mild summer followed by extended fall sunshine and moderate heat created ideal conditions to allow fruit to accumulate flavor complexity with gradual increases in sugar levels.
Production Notes
The grapes came in small-berried, deep black-blue and loose on the clusters. Following a five day cold soak, the fermentation took seven days followed by a fourteen day extended maceration. After which the wine was pressed and transferred to small French Oak barrels for aging. The wine was bottled in summer 2020 after twenty months of maturation in barrel.