2001 ESTATE HILLSIDE CABERNET SAUVIGNON

Blend:
97% Cabernet Sauvignon
3% Petite Verdot

Barrel Aging Regime:
54% Tight Grain Thin Stave (22mm) New French Oak
6% Tight Grain Thin Stave (22mm) New Minnesota Oak
40% Tight Grain Thin Stave (22mm)
2 & 3Yr Old French Oak
28 months in Barrel/ 6 Months in Bottle

Cooperages:
Seguin Moreau & Radoux

Suger at Harvest:
25 Brix

Harvest Date:
Month of October; 4 consecutive Saturdays

Alcohol:
13.2%

Bottled:
March 1st, 2004

Release Date:
September 1st, 2004

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2002 ESTATE HILLSIDE CABERNET SAUVIGNON

Blend:
100% Cabernet Sauvignon

Cooperage:
100% French Oak (30% New)
Tight Grain Thin Stave (22mm)

Cooperages:
Seguin Moreau
27 months in Barrel/ 8 Months in Bottle

Sugar at Harvest:
25 Brix

Harvest Date:
October 10th, 2002

Alcohol:
13.8%

Bottled:
January 14th, 2005

Production:
187 cases

Release Date:
September 1st, 2005

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2003 Icaria Estate Hillside Cabernet Sauvignon

This wine has beautiful aromas of plum, blueberry, blackberry, black raspberry, black cherry, mocha, vanilla and cedar box.   The palate shows incredibly broad tannins which are round and supple, and linger on indefinitely.  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.

Blend:
78% Cabernet Sauvignon
20% Merlot, 2% Petite Sirah

Cooperage:
60% New French Oak, Tight Grain Thin Stave (22mm)

Cooperages
Seguin Moreau
27 months in Barrel

Sugar at Harvest:
25 Brix

Harvest Date:
October 2003, 4 consecutive Saturdays

Alcohol:
13.9%

Bottled:
March 31, 2006

Release Date:
March 1, 2007