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2004 |
Rubissow Trompettes |
appellation |
100% Mt. Veeder, Napa Valley - Rubissow Vineyards. |
production |
12/750 ml - 209 cases |
blend |
Cabernet Franc 65%
Merlot 30%
Cabernet Sauvignon 5% |
winemaker notes |
NOSE: Trompettes is all about the fragrance. Perfumed notes of plum, violet, hibiscus, cinnamon, candied citron, cherry, leather and clove.
TASTE: Blackberry / raspberry pie, milk chocolate, baking spices, red cherry, butter and marmalade. Good tannins. Long, lingering finish. Will improve through 2012.
TECHNIQUE: Hand sorted fruit, fruit destemmed and berries barely broken, 5 day cold soak, wild and inoculated fermentations, all small lot open top fermentors, hand punch downs and pumpovers two to three times daily, malolactic completed in barrel, minimal handling, bottled UNFINED and UNFILTERED. |
harvest dates |
October 21-30, 2004 |
fermentation |
24-30 days before pressing. |
barrel aging |
20 months in artisan French oak cooperage. |
alcohol by vol |
14.5% |
winemaker |
Timothy Milos |
notes |
PDF - WINEMAKER NOTES |
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