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  1995 Seavey Cabernet
 
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750ml Price: $165.00

Composite: 100%CS
Produced: 950 Cases
Alcohol: 14.0%
Oak: 50% New French
Cellaring: 20-30 Years

Wine Details:
 
100% ESTATE GROWN, PRODUCED AND BOTTLED - NAPA VALLEY AVA

“Seavey has produced some exceptional Cabernet Sauvignons, and I predict the 1995 (950 cases) will be an unexpected winner in many blind tastings.  It is performing even better this year than it did last, hence my elevated score.  The color is an opaque purple.  The wine displays a fantastic nose of classic black currants intermixed with cigar box and cedar scents.  In the mouth, it is full-bodied and backward, but persuasively rich, layered and marvelously well-balanced.  There is a deep, sweet mid-palate and explosive ripeness and richness in the long, heady finish.  A sleeper pick in this outstanding vintage.  It should evolve effortlessly for 20 – 30 years.  Anticipated maturity: 2002-2028.  Rating: 94+”  Robert Parker Jr’s The Wine Advocate, issue 120.

Seavey Vineyard’s sixth estate produced Cabernet, the 1995, was made from 100% Cabernet Sauvignon grapes that came from vines planted on several different locations of the South-facing hillside vineyard, and harvested during the first two weeks of October.  The 1995 has a dense, opaque purple color and sweet, chocolaty black plum and currant-like fruit complemented by a touch of toasty vanilla and well-integrated acidity and tannin.  Enjoyable now, the wine will age for twenty years or more.

Wine making style followed classic Bordeaux methods.  Harvest at 23.5 degrees brix, the juice remained in contact with the skins for an average of 25 days and, following malolactic fermentation, the wine was aged in French oak barrels (50% new oak) and bottled on June 13, 1997.
 
Production Team:
  • Winemaker: Philippe Melka
  • Vineyard Foreman: Mario Gutierrez