2008 Cabernet Sauvignon Tasting Notes

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2008 Cabernet Sauvignon Alexander Valley

The 2008 Icaria Cabernet Sauvignon evokes memories of mocha, black cherry, vanilla, cedar box and exotic spices. This rugged hillside fruit presents a mouthful of generous age-worthy structure of mineral and graphite. The extended hang time provides a wonderful mid palate of sweet berries, caramel and butterscotch that seem to linger on the palate forever. Our 2008 is a beautifully balanced wine to casually drink with friends or to pair with a serious entree.
Icaria Cabernet Sauvignon.....of the earth, the soil and the season.

Blend: 78% Cabernet Sauvignon, 15% Merlot, 3% Malbec,
2% Petite Sirah, 2% Petite Verdot
Cooperage: Radoux, 40% New Hungarian Oak, Tight Grain (27mm)
Sugar at Harvest: 25° Brix
Harvest Date: October 2008, 4 consecutive Saturdays

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Welcome

Welcome to Icaria Creek Winery and Vineyards. We are located approximately 1.5 hours north of San Francisco, in Sonoma County. The fifty acre ranch has 26 acres nestled into the Asti Foothills at the northern tip of Alexander Valley. Most of the hillside vineyard sits about 400 feet above sea level where we have planted Cabernet Sauvignon (Clone 7, 337), Merlot (Clone 3), Malbec, and Petite Verdot. We also have ten acres of Chardonnay within the deep alluvial floor of Alexander Valley.

We have both the warm days for intensity, and cool nights for acidity. The hillsides give us layers of complexity that are tailor-made for constructing a "food wine".

Pairing food with wine is what Icaria Cabernet is all about. We did not spend three years of our time to make some overdone fruit bomb. Our Cabernet is based on elegance and subtlety. It's only just begun its evolution through time.

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