2007 Kuleto Native Son Cabernet Sauvignon
| Vintage: | 2007 |
| Wine Type: | Red Wine |
| Varietal: | Cabernet Sauvignon |
| Varietal Composition: | |
| 100% | Cabernet Sauvignon |
| Harvest Date: | September 4th – 29th, 2007 |
| Barrel Aging: | |
| 28 Months | |
| 67% | New French Oak |
| Bottling Date: | March 10, 2010 |
| Alcohol %: | 14.9 |
| Ratings: | 91 Points, Robert Parker Dec-2010 |
| Vineyard Notes: | The Cabernet Sauvignon in our Vineyard Block Series take their names and are sourced from prized vineyard blocks and areas of the estate. Each bottling showcases the myriad flavors and structures expressed by this single varietal at our mountain estate. Adding to the complexity of these estate-grown wines is the fact that every year we benefit from early, mid-season, and late-ripening Cabernet Sauvignon, which contributes to a wide spectrum of appealing flavors. In addition, our diversity of soil types in combination with various rootstocks, training methods, exposures, orientations, and clones, consistently produce several different styles of wine. Colors range from vibrant, glowing red to almost opaque purple; aromas from red peppercorn, flowers, and sweet dried herbs to black plum, black licorice, tar, and smoked meat; and structures from clean, bright, and focused to heavy, soft, and sweet. Some wineries need to source fruit from all over the valley to get this kind of diversity – we have it all on our estate within five-minutes of the winery. |
| Winemaker Notes: | The 2007 growing season progressed slowly without the typical heat-spikes that can force a winemaker’s hand to pick sooner than desired. The resulting wines are deeply colored, strongly varietal and big in stature. The 25-day Cabernet Sauvignon harvest gave us a diverse range of lots for our 2007 Native Son. Those wines with exotic fruit aromas, spicy overtones, briary fruit flavors, and expansive textures were selected as the core of this blend. Repeated individual barrel tastings over the next 14 months narrowed the final assemblage down to just 13 barrels. Our 2007 Native Son is unapologetically and deliberately New World in style. It is a ripe fruit nucleus wrapped in a spiced oak outer shell. Wild, warm and exotic, this Cabernet is soft in tannin, long in flavor, and absolutely delicious. Growing up in the Northwest, I used to pick blackberries along dusty gravel roads. This wine takes me there. |
| Production: | 318 Cases |
91 Points, Robert Parker Dec-2010
The Cabernet Sauvignon in our Vineyard Block Series take their names and are sourced from prized vineyard blocks and areas of the estate. Each bottling showcases the myriad flavors and structures expressed by this single varietal at our mountain estate. Adding to the complexity of these estate-grown wines is the fact that every year we benefit from early, mid-season, and late-ripening Cabernet Sauvignon, which contributes to a wide spectrum of appealing flavors. In addition, our diversity of soil types in combination with various rootstocks, training methods, exposures, orientations, and clones, consistently produce several different styles of wine. Colors range from vibrant, glowing red to almost opaque purple; aromas from red peppercorn, flowers, and sweet dried herbs to black plum, black licorice, tar, and smoked meat; and structures from clean, bright, and focused to heavy, soft, and sweet. Some wineries need to source fruit from all over the valley to get this kind of diversity – we have it all on our estate within five-minutes of the winery.
The 2007 growing season progressed slowly without the typical heat-spikes that can force a winemaker’s hand to pick sooner than desired. The resulting wines are deeply colored, strongly varietal and big in stature. The 25-day Cabernet Sauvignon harvest gave us a diverse range of lots for our 2007 Native Son. Those wines with exotic fruit aromas, spicy overtones, briary fruit flavors, and expansive textures were selected as the core of this blend. Repeated individual barrel tastings over the next 14 months narrowed the final assemblage down to just 13 barrels. Our 2007 Native Son is unapologetically and deliberately New World in style. It is a ripe fruit nucleus wrapped in a spiced oak outer shell. Wild, warm and exotic, this Cabernet is soft in tannin, long in flavor, and absolutely delicious. Growing up in the Northwest, I used to pick blackberries along dusty gravel roads. This wine takes me there.
318 Cases
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