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

2004 Protégé

Sonoma County

90% Cabernet Sauvignon, picked at 32 brix and shut down with a residual suger of 8% and blended with 10% Petite Sirah. A brambly bowl of ripe cassis, chocolate and exotic spice. On the palate is rich caramel and butterscotch, beautifully structured core of firm tannins enveloped in a silky finish.

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2005 Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon

Alexander Valley

This wine has beautiful aromas of chamomile, blueberry, blackberry, black raspberry, black cherry, mocha,vanilla and cedar box. Flavors of blackberry, cherry cola and blueberry with a mineral core that is thickly textured. The Merlot offers a beautiful center core to the structure while the Petite Sirah heightens the fruit with notes of blackberry and fills out the backend of the palate.

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2006 Petite Sirah

Dry Creek Valley

Hillside Dry Creek Valley is the place to be for Petite Sirah. The leaner hillside soils are needed to control this vigorous varietal, and boy is it worth it. Beautiful, dark, bittersweet, with vanilla cherry pie and wonderful exotic spice. With a good dose of black pepper, a quality most common to this powerful wine. Yes, you can make an elegant Petite Sirah! 40 cases made.

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2006 Cabernet Sauvignon

2006 Cabernet Sauvignon
Alexander Valley

The 2006 opens with a beautiful bouquet of violets, roses and mineral accents; all followed by dark black cherry, plum, cloves, cinnamon, vanilla, caramel, butterscotch and exotic spices.

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