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  2001 Caravina Cabernet
 
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750ml Price: $65.00

Composite: 100%CS
Produced: 900 cases
Alcohol: 13.9%
Oak: 50% New French
Cellaring: 12 Years

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

"The 2001 Caravina reveals some rustic, hard tannin in the finish, but there is a beautiful bouquet of black fruits intermixed with tobacco leaf, loamy soil, and roasted meats. Medium-bodied and ruggedly tannic, it is capable of lasting for a decade. There is a lot going on here." - Robert Parker, The Wine Advocate

Seavey Vineyard’s third estate-produced Caravina, the 2001, was made from 100% Cabernet Sauvignon grapes that came from vines planted on several different locations of the south-facing hillside vineyard, and was harvested during the first three weeks in October.

Opaque reddish purple in color, the 2001 Caravina Cabernet offers a dense nose of concentrated hillside fruit interlaced with aromas of tobacco leaf, chestnuts, and roasted meats.  This medium bodied wine is drinkable now, and finishes with tannins that will allow it to last for a decade or more.

Winemaking style followed classic Bordeaux methods.  Harvested at 24 degrees brix, the juice remained in contact with the skins for an average of 14 days.  Malolactic fermentation and aging was accomplished in French oak barrels (50% new oak).  The Caravina was bottled in June 2003
 
Production Team:
  • Consultant Winemaker: Philippe Melka
  • Vineyard Foreman: Mario Gutierrez