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Release Date:
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Debut:
Fall 2001 as part of Preferred Partners Program
and to LMR Corral Club
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Suggested Retail Price:
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$70
per 750ml
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Vineyard Location:
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Long Meadow Ranch Bear Canyon Vineyard (100%)
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Harvest Date:
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Harvested
October, 1994
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Varietal Composition:
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100%
Cabernet Sauvignon
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Brix @ Harvest:
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23.4°
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Cooperage:
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Aged 26 months in French oak coopered by Seguin-Moreau. Medium toast.
50 percent new.
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Alcohol:
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12.8
percent
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Production:
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Less
than 500 cases
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Food
Affinities:
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Perfect with Long Meadow Ranch Grass-fed Highland Beef, with lamb, or with roasted game.
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| Growing Season: |
A superb growing season throughout the
Napa Valley in '94. In our mountain vineyard we carefully thinned
twice to ensure balance and uniformity of ripeness for this first
vintage. The west block was harvested two days before the eastern
block. Yields were tiny, but the result was beautiful fruit with lean
tannins and delicate flavors. |
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Winemaker’s Comments:
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“The
1994 Cabernet Sauvignon is our first wine and is the lovely lady
of our vintages to date. She shows the vineyard's distinctive
black and red fruit flavors with a touch of violets, with ripe
tannins and a long finish. Our '94 Cabernet is often mistaken
for a Bordeaux because of its balance, moderate alcohol, and a
slight mineral character in the finish, but the fruit is Napa
Valley mountain grown all the way. - Cathy Corison
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The Vineyards:
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Southwest-facing estate vineyards at 1100 feet elevation atop the Mayacamas Mountains at the edge of Bear Canyon. Development began in 1990. Managed by organic pioneer Frank Leeds. Budwood hand-selected from the Bella Oaks Vineyard in Rutherford and Jordan Vineyard in Alexander Valley, planted on 110R rootstock at 9x5 spacing and using contoured terraces. This is the first vineyard established on Long Meadow Ranch since before Prohibition.
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Long Meadow Ranch:
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Owned by Ted and Laddie Hall, LMR employs an integrated organic
farming system using simple, sustainable methods. Each part of
the Ranch contributes to the health of the whole. Vineyards and
wine making, olive orchards and olive oil making, cattle and
horse breeding all work together in complementary fashion, as
do the egg-laying poultry flock and the organic vegetable gardens. “Estate” fertilizers
are created through an extensive composting operation that relies
on organic material from each segment of the Ranch. Soil erosion
is controlled and new soils are built through the extensive use
of permanent cover crops made up of carefully selected grasses,
clovers, and legumes. All crops are certified organic by the
California Certified Organic Farmers and are grown without the
use of herbicides, pesticides, or chemical fertilizers.
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1775 Whitehall Lane
St. Helena, California 94574-9786
Phone: (707) 963-4555
Fax: (707) 963-1956
www.longmeadowranch.com
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