2006 Kuleto Estate Cabernet Sauvignon, Single Barrel #4
Available Inventory: 5
| Vintage: | 2006 |
| Wine Type: | Red Wine |
| Varietal: | Cabernet Sauvignon |
| Varietal Composition: | |
| 100% | Cabernet Sauvignon |
| Appellation: | Napa Valley |
| Harvest Date: | October 13, 2006 |
| Barrel Aging: | |
| New François Frères French Oak | |
| Alcohol %: | 14.2 |
| Vineyard Notes: | Elevation Range: 1000-1350 ft. Vineyard Blocks: 10A, 10C, 12, 12A, 38 Vine Spacing: 5x9, 5x10 feet Clones: 7, 8, 9, 15 & Martha's Vineyard Selection Roostocks: 110R, 3309 & St. George |
| Production Notes: | 289 x 750ml bottles produced. Winemaker: David Lattin |
| Winemaker Notes: | The Single Barrel bottling concept arose out of a desire to highlight the interactions between barrel and wine and to pay tribute the craft of the cooper, or barrel maker. We taste every barrel in our cellar multiple times throughout the aging process and take thorough notes on flavors and textures. During this process, we often encounter barrels that stand out among the rest. They can be new barrels or old but what they have in common is that they all hit a particular sweet spot in the mouth that leaves you speechless. When we find such a barrel, we write the letters “SB” on the ends. By the end of a two year aging period, we may have 20 or so of these “SB” barrels set aside. From these we select only six that most dramatically highlight the cooper’s skills and place them in a deliberate order that assumes that all six will be enjoyed over the course of a single evening. The 2006 Single Barrel #4 was found to be a new François Frères French oak barrel. François Frères barrels are one of the most consistent barrels that we work with and always bring a ashy, unabashedly smoky aroma and sappy or oily tannin mouthfeel to a young wine. Early on, they seem to overwhelm the fruit, but by year two, there comes this beautiful balance between the wood and the wine. In the case of Single Barrel #4, the barrel tannins seem to have acted like a preservative for the wine, as the fruit is still fresh and bright. |
Elevation Range: 1000-1350 ft. Vineyard Blocks: 10A, 10C, 12, 12A, 38 Vine Spacing: 5x9, 5x10 feet Clones: 7, 8, 9, 15 & Martha's Vineyard Selection Roostocks: 110R, 3309 & St. George
289 x 750ml bottles produced. Winemaker: David Lattin
The Single Barrel bottling concept arose out of a desire to highlight the interactions between barrel and wine and to pay tribute the craft of the cooper, or barrel maker. We taste every barrel in our cellar multiple times throughout the aging process and take thorough notes on flavors and textures. During this process, we often encounter barrels that stand out among the rest. They can be new barrels or old but what they have in common is that they all hit a particular sweet spot in the mouth that leaves you speechless. When we find such a barrel, we write the letters “SB” on the ends. By the end of a two year aging period, we may have 20 or so of these “SB” barrels set aside. From these we select only six that most dramatically highlight the cooper’s skills and place them in a deliberate order that assumes that all six will be enjoyed over the course of a single evening. The 2006 Single Barrel #4 was found to be a new François Frères French oak barrel. François Frères barrels are one of the most consistent barrels that we work with and always bring a ashy, unabashedly smoky aroma and sappy or oily tannin mouthfeel to a young wine. Early on, they seem to overwhelm the fruit, but by year two, there comes this beautiful balance between the wood and the wine. In the case of Single Barrel #4, the barrel tannins seem to have acted like a preservative for the wine, as the fruit is still fresh and bright.
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