2005 Cabernet Sauvignon - Reserve (Wines / Red) -- Madrona Vineyards Shopping Cart -- Reserve

<H1>2005 Cabernet Sauvignon - Reserve -- Madrona Vineyards Shopping Cart</H1> $26.00 <IMG SRC="https://store.nexternal.com/madrona/images/CS1.jpg" ALIGN=right ALT="2005 Cabernet Sauvignon - Reserve" NAME="2005 Cabernet Sauvignon - Reserve" BORDER=0 HSPACE=10> Untitled Document <style type="text/css"> </style>Madroña's Cabernet Sauvignon is a striking example of what a high-mountain vineyard can produce. The grapes are very small-berried resulting in a wine of deep color, intense fruit, and full-bodied texture. Traditionally blended with Cabernet Franc for aromatic complexity and Merlot for tannin structure, we age this wine in the finest French and American oak. Our customers constantly search out older vintages of our Cabernet Sauvignon as it is known to age quite gracefully. The 2005 Vintage OK, so we’ve been producing Cabernet Sauvignon as a varietal under the Madroña name since the 1978 vintage. That’s 27 years of experience…27 years of trial and error…27 years of faith and prayer. And the fact is, the 1978 vintage is holding its own and still tasting great. So with all these years of experience, what have we learned? Our mountain vineyards produce some of the finest Cabernet Sauvignon grapes in California. With this said, we finally decided to invest in barrels worthy of the grapes, thus producing our first Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon. Timidly, I worked with the new barrels, holding a deep-seeded fear that the characters I love in our Cabs, the herbaceous/fruit balance, would be overwhelmed by the sweetness of the oak flavors. I should have more faith in our grapes. Not only does the Cabernet shine, but the balance of fruit and spice is positively exciting. The aromas are all Cabernet Sauvignon. Hints of green olive and bell pepper marry wonderfully with deep, dark currant and tree-ripened cherry. There are even enticing notes of pipe tobacco, leather and freshly-turned loam in the aromas, emphasizing the most interesting aspect of Cabernet Sauvignon…its complexity. The palate has a denseness and richness in the mouthfeel that comes predominantly from the integration of wine and oak. With oak sweetness lays the foundation on which the Cabernet cherry and plum characters build, incorporating the young tannins as an attribute of a great wine. Search a little deeper, and an intriguing pairing of molasses and soy sauce spice seeps into a layer of luscious boysenberry fruit. And man how this wine lingers on the finish, just beaconing the senses for one more sip. I can’t say that we have always learned much from our years in the business, but I truly think the ’05 Reserve Cab is a spectacular wine. Who knows where we’ll go from here! <a href="http://www.madronavineyards.com/ourwines/pdfs/2005_CabernetSauvignon.pdf" target="_blank"><img height="17" src="https://www.nexternal.com/madrona/images/pdf.gif" width="16" align="absMiddle" border="0" /></a> Printable wine description and facts (2005 Cabernet Sauvignon) Facts<LI>Appellation: Estate Grown - El Dorado County <LI>Blend: 89.0% Cabernet Sauvignon, 5.5% Merlot, 5.2% Cabernet Franc, 0.2% Touriga Nacionale <LI>Production: 413 Cases <LI>Cellar Potential: 5-7 Years <LI>Alcohol: 14.8% <LI>pH: 3.75 <LI>Total Acidity: 0.55g/100ml Other products in the category <A HREF="http://www.nexternal.com/madrona/Category2" TITLE="Wines">Wines</A> / <A HREF="http://www.nexternal.com/madrona/Category3" TITLE="Red">Red</A>: <LI><A HREF=http://www.nexternal.com/madrona/Product249 TITLE="2006 Zinfandel">2006 Zinfandel</A> <LI><A HREF=http://www.nexternal.com/madrona/Product225 TITLE="2005 Merlot">2005 Merlot</A> <LI><A HREF=http://www.nexternal.com/madrona/Product306 TITLE="2007 Cabernet Franc">2007 Cabernet Franc</A> <LI><A HREF=http://www.nexternal.com/madrona/Product300 TITLE="2007 Grenache">2007 Grenache</A> <LI><A HREF=http://www.nexternal.com/madrona/Product269 TITLE="2005 Nebbiolo">2005 Nebbiolo</A> <LI><A HREF=http://www.nexternal.com/madrona/Product251 TITLE="2005 Quintet">2005 Quintet</A> <LI><A HREF=http://www.nexternal.com/madrona/Product169 TITLE="2003 Syrah - Black Label Enyé">2003 Syrah - Black Label Enyé</A> -- 4 Bottle Limit <LI><A HREF=http://www.nexternal.com/madrona/Product219 TITLE="2005 Cabernet Sauvignon - Black Label">2005 Cabernet Sauvignon - Black Label</A> <LI><A HREF=http://www.nexternal.com/madrona/Product241 TITLE="2005 Syrah - Reserve">2005 Syrah - Reserve</A> <A HREF="http://www.nexternal.com/madrona" TITLE="Madrona Vineyards Products">Madrona Vineyards Products</A> <A HREF="http://www.MadronaVineyards.com">Madrona Vineyards</A> Madrona Vineyards <A HREF="http://www.nexternal.com" TITLE="ecommerce software">ecommerce software</A> powered by Nexternal

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