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Product Name: Lewelling Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon '04

Varietal Composition: 97% Cabernet Sauvignon, 3% Cabernet Franc from Lewelling Vineyards

Vineyard Locations: Napa Valley, 1/2 mile southwest of St. Helena

Vine & Rootstock: Cabernet Sauvignon & Cabernet Franc on 110R Rootstock

Harvest Method: Hand-harvested

Harvest Date: September 9, 2004

Press Handling: No press wine

Oak Regimen: 15 months in 90% French and 10% American barriques

Fining: None

Filtration: None

Alcohol: 15.3%

Total Case Production: 656 cases

2004 Harvest Report

Tasting Notes/Food Pairing Suggestions
The bouquet is intense with aromas of black cherry, red plum, mulberry, pomegranate, vanilla, cedar and rose petals. The rich blackberry, Bing cherry and jammy raspberry flavors are caressed by black pepper, baking spice and butterscotch. Sweet, chewy tannins are silky, full and rich adding a nice supple quality to this wine. A nicely balanced ripeness and fresh acidity helps make this wine a great complement to veal or beef dishes, lamb, pork loin or chops, and chicken dishes made with mushrooms. Pretty good with medium-strong cheeses, too!

About the Name/Label
The wine is named after John Lewelling, a pioneer winegrower and horticulturist who put down roots in St. Helena in 1864. At 138 years, it is one of the oldest continuously-owned family vineyards in the Napa Valley. John Lewelling is also the great-grandfather of Janice Lewelling Wight, Dave & Doug Wight’s Mom.

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