2016 Stormy Weather
Produced from 100% Cabernet Sauvignon (clones 7 and 337), coming from Calistoga, the 2016 Caber-net Sauvignon Stormy Weather spent 30 months in 100% new French oak barrels. It reveals a deep garnet-purple color and notes of baked berries, plum preserves, spice cake, blackcurrant pastilles and chocolate box with wafts of menthol and incense. Full bodied and seductively textured with beautifully soft tannins, it has bags of earth laced black fruit preserves and a long, spicy finish. 404 cases were made.
Anticipated maturity: 2021-2046
96 Points—Lisa Perrotti-Brown (Wine Advocate Dec 2019
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Wine Specs
Vintage
2014
Varietal
Cabernet Sauvignon
Appellation
Calistoga
Vineyard Designation
Samuel Brannon
Harvest Date
October 8 2016
Aging
30 months in 100% New French Oak
Alcohol %
15.6
Wine Profile
Tasting Notes
Produced from 100% Cabernet Sauvignon (clones 7 and 337), coming from Calistoga, the 2016 Caber-net Sauvignon Stormy Weather spent 30 months in 100% new French oak barrels. It reveals a deep garnet-purple color and notes of baked berries, plum preserves, spice cake, blackcurrant pastilles and chocolate box with wafts of menthol and incense. Full-bodied and seductively textured with beautifully soft tannins, it has bags of earth-laced black fruit preserves and a long, spicy finish. 404 cases were made.
Anticipated maturity: 2021-2046
96 Points—Lisa Perrotti-Brown (Wine Advocate Dec 2019)
Production Notes
Fermented in small format stainless steel tanks. Cold soaked 4 days prior to fermentation. Temperature maintained below 80 degrees with a post ferment extended maceration of an additional 5 days. Malolactic fermentation occurred in barrel with aging on lees for at least 1 year.
Winemaker Notes
Deep garnet in color with aromas of cherries and blackberry with a waft of summer sweet pea blossoms. Flavors of Bing cherry and blackberry jam with big, soft opulent tannins that carry through the mid-pallet into a long fruit bomb finish.