2020 Smith & Hook Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon
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Tasting Notes
The deep purple-ruby in the glass, this Reserve is fragrant and
beautifully defined on the nose with aromas of macerated dark
cherries and black currant which are further complexed by candied
violets, dried herbs and cedar accents. The palate is big and bold,
bursting with black and blue fruit and dried plum followed by notes
of toasted vanilla, caramel and saddle leather. This wine is creamy
textured, with seamlessly integrated fine tannins and brisk minerality
that brings together all the layers in a long succulent finish.
Black Cherry
Plum
Vanilla
Violet
Vintage
2020
Appellation
Paso Robles
Aging
26 months in 40% new French oak
Acid
6.3 g/L
pH
3.85
Alcohol %
14.5
Fruit was harvested in the cool morning and brought to the winery. The grapes were destemmed, sorted and delivered to large stainless-steel tanks. Wine was fermented on the skins in small lots with 10% being barrel fermented. Fermentation was managed by pump overs for maximum extraction of color and flavor. The lots were then individually pressed off and settled before transferring into French oak barrels, where the wine was aged for 26 months.
