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Our Curent Releases...Triumphant "Grand Reserve"
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2005 Triumphant "Grand Reserve"
Source: Gold Hill Vineyard, El Dorado County
Harvest Date: September 2005
Brix at Harvest: 24- 25
Time in Barrel: 18 months
Type of Oak: Neutral French & American
Alcohol: 14.5%
Bottled: March 6, 2007
Production: 160 cases
Winemaker’s Notes: Only the best lots of our Bordeauxs went into this Limited Release cuvee; 33% Cabernet Sauvignon, 34% Merlot and 33% Cabernet Franc. This wine is extremely fruit concentrated and highly extracted. It is sure to please the most winiest connoisseur. From the nose to the pallette, you will think this is a world class Bordeaux and a highly prized Napa Cab blend. Wait for this to come around, it will be sure to please.
After hand-harvesting, the grapes were lightly crushed and then fermented in small, open-top containers. The wine was pressed in a small basket press after the grape sugars had fermented down to 2 Brix in order to retain an upfront fruitiness. After settling the wine finished fermentation in small oak barrels and then was carefully aged for 17 months. All movement of the wine was done by gravity flow and was bottled unfined and unfiltered.
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