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Release Date:
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Debut:
Fall 2002 as part of Preferred Partners Program
and to LMR Corral Club
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Suggested Retail Price:
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$75
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 6, 1995
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Varietal Composition:
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100%
Cabernet Sauvignon
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Brix @ Harvest:
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23.7°
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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 cool, wet frost-free spring led to late
flowering followed by a very hot, record-setting August. A cooler
Indian summer worked its magic with a very long, nearly perfect "hang" time.
The grapes achieved high acids and concentrated, extracted flavors. |
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Winemaker’s Comments:
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“The
1995 Cabernet Sauvignon is evolving into a beautiful claret-like
wine expressing an earthiness and mineral character in the
nose and on the palate. Like fine claret the bouquet is
developing with bottle age showing subtle hints of dried
Provencal herbs and perfume-like high notes. The vineyard's
distinctive black cherry and red fruit character is very
present along with lip-smacking strawberry jam in the nose
and in the mouth. This is one of my favorite wines.” -
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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