Bell Wine Cellars Cabernet Sauvignon Clonal Collection -- Bell Wine Cellars Shopping Cart
$425.00
-- Bell Wine Cellars Cabernet Sauvignon Clonal Collection
The current vintage available is the 2005.
In viticulture, a "clone" refers to a vine variety that is selected for specific qualities, which result from natural mutations. Cuttings are made from an original "mother vine" that exhibits key characteristics, such as resistance to certain diseases or desired cluster size, taste, smell, etc. A clone is defined as a genetically uniform group of individuals derived originally from a single individual by asexual propagation (cuttings, grafting, etc.). All grape varieties are propagated by asexual means to preserve the unique characteristics of the variety. But slight genetic variations commonly occur among the many billions of cells that make up a grapevine. If a new vine is propagated from a cane that grew out of such variant tissue, it may exhibit somewhat different characteristics than the original vine. To be considered a distinct clone, the plant must possess a characteristic making it different from its parent plant, even if the difference is slight. Larger or smaller fruit, size/yield, disease resistance, fruit maturation rate, fruit color or aroma, are all good examples of qualities that growers or winemakers may wish to isolate and develop further. (Keep in mind that differences between clones of the same variety are much smaller than differences between grape varieties, but sometimes the difference can be important.) If the difference is desirable, for example, the new vine ripens its fruit a week earlier; the vine could be further propagated to perpetuate the new characteristics. Thus, a new clone is born; it is assigned a number or given a name to distinguish it from other clones.
This wine comes in a beautiful wooden box that has the Clonal explanation and the history of each clone etched into the lid of the box.
This collection allows you to taste four separate clones of Cabernet Sauvignon. This includes Clone 4, the Mendoza Clone, Clone 7 the Wente Clone, Clone 337 and the Clone of Cabernet that Bell Wine Cellars is most known for Clone 6, the Jackson Clone. Taste these Clonal wines separately to see the difference or have a blending session of your own!
There are only 48 of these collections available for every vintage.
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