2003 Cabernet Sauvignon, Los Chamizal Vineyard, Sonoma Valley

2003 Cabernet Sauvignon
Los Chamizal Vineyard, Sonoma Valley

Cabernet 80.3%, Merlot 10.5%, Cabernet Franc 9.2%

Peter Haywood's Los Chamizal Vineyards climb steep walls of a small isolated valley near the town of Sonoma. Recognized as one of Sonoma's best growers, Peter lavishes as much care on his vines as we do on our wine. The partnership of winemaker and grower is no better exemplified than in this blend, made from selected rows exhibiting the best micro-terroir of the vineyard.

Grapevines are very sensitive to the terroir, a french word meaning "sense of place". Terroir is made up of soil composition, slope of the hill, direction of the light, rainfall, temperature, wind, and other natural factors. Add to that the trellising, vine clonal selection, and cultivation methods, you have countless variables.variables, causing a difference in the vines, grapes and ultimately the wine from vineyard row to row.

This Cabernet has lush flavors over gentle tannins, with ample structure to give it a long life. It will continue to exhibit increased complexity as it ages.