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2005 Phifer Pavitt Cabernet Sauvignon Date Night
Last edited on 8/8/2008 by Eric
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- Grower: Arthur Spencer from his family’s Temple Family Vineyards
- Harvest: 2005 - A nearly ice cold October morning.
- Brix: Decadently ripe and succulent fruit, hand picked, sorted and straight to the fermenter.
- Ferment: Extended cold soak maceration, wild yeasts, finished in toasted French oak barrels
- Elevage: 17 months in barrel, 65% new French Oak
- pH: Medium
- Alcohol: 14.6%
- Production: 300 cases
- Retail Price: $75.00
Opens with intoxicating aromas of fresh berries, dark chocolate, cut hay, rhubarb, and wild herbs. Then bursts onto the palate with massive brooding dark fruits, accented with chaparral spices, refined toasty oak, tobacco, tea leaves and leather. All that ripeness is held up with an elegant array of structured and chewy tannins. The finish is focused and long. This is Napa Cabernet at its hedonistic best. Drink 2008 to 2015.
- Harvest: 2005 - A nearly ice cold October morning.
- Brix: Decadently ripe and succulent fruit, hand picked, sorted and straight to the fermenter.
- Ferment: Extended cold soak maceration, wild yeasts, finished in toasted French oak barrels
- Elevage: 17 months in barrel, 65% new French Oak
- pH: Medium
- Alcohol: 14.6%
- Production: 300 cases
- Retail Price: $75.00
Opens with intoxicating aromas of fresh berries, dark chocolate, cut hay, rhubarb, and wild herbs. Then bursts onto the palate with massive brooding dark fruits, accented with chaparral spices, refined toasty oak, tobacco, tea leaves and leather. All that ripeness is held up with an elegant array of structured and chewy tannins. The finish is focused and long. This is Napa Cabernet at its hedonistic best. Drink 2008 to 2015.