
This Vintage of Eponymous Cabernet benefited from both an excellent growing season and the experienced gained from working with the vineyard for six years. In 2005 there was only one heat spike in July, but August was relatively mild temperatures with a cooler than normal September and October. This allowed for gradual maturation of the fruit, the all important longer "hang time", and wonderful character in the resulting wine. The wine exudes complex notes as soon as it is poured. The aromas offer scents of ripe plum, violets, berries, currents and spice that are well integrated. Held to the light, this elegant wine shimmers with a stunning deep purple-scarlet color that announces the intensity of the grapes. The palate is equal to the lush color and bold aromas. Eponymous 2005 has tremendous presence and yet is in wonderful harmony with soft, accessible tannins adding appropriate structure to this alluring wine.
100% Cabernet
20 months in Oak
Alcohol 14.3%
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Eponymous 2006 Red Wine -- This fourth vintage of Eponymous Red Wine immediately pleases with complex aromas hinting of cassis, spicy oak notes, orange peel, slight camphor, raspberries and hints of vanilla and cloves as it opens.
Held to the light, one see a rich, purple-scarlet color that hints of at the broad palette these grapes afford the winemaker. It has excellent body and structure with the flavors following the . . .