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2004 Napa Valley Barrel Auction with
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LMR Cabernet Sauvignon

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Cabernet Sauvignon

$42 per 750ml bottle

(Available in convenient
two-packs or twelve-packs)

$90 per 1.5L magnum


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Grapes are grown without the
use of herbicides, pesticides, or
chemical fertilizers and
our organic farming practices

are certified by the
California Certified Organic Farmers.

Long Meadow Ranch Cabernet Sauvignon

Find Our Wine

Long Meadow Ranch Cabernet Sauvignon is renowned for its elegant and balanced style. Sommeliers at many of the country's finest chef-led establishments have chosen to feature our wine on award-winning lists.

Long Meadow Ranch is an integrated organic farming operation - and purveyor of fine food - located high above the Napa Valley on the picturesque slopes of the Mayacamas Mountains where we produce award-winning red wine, extra virgin olive oil, grass-fed beef, eggs, and heirloom fruits and vegetables for Napa Valley's finest restaurants.

America's top chefs have featured our Cabernet Sauvignon with their own signature dishes, including Thomas Keller from the French Laundry, Charles Dale from Range in Aspen, Charlie Trotter from Charlie Trotter's in Chicago and Daniel Boulud from Daniel in New York City.

Our wines and foods have also been featured by celebrity chefs, including Michael Chiarello, Ken Frank, Charlie Trotter, and Joey Altman, on the Food Network, PBS, and FLN.

Respected industry leader and organic farming pioneer, Frank Leeds manages our vineyards and our experienced and talented winemaker is Ashley Heisey .

When top wine writer Jay McInerney was asked what he was drinking these days he said,

"I like a Shafer Hillside Select or a Harlan Estate or a Long Meadow Ranch." 

- Jay McInerney, Wine Writer

Featured in the SF Chronicle

"“The wine has a beautiful, complex briary nose with aromas of blackberry, fresh thyme, tart cherry and leather. Its intense perfume keeps drawing you back to the glass by the nose. Imagine it paired with crisp skin of squab, wild and jasime rice with dried cranberries and toasted almonds, winter baby roots, squab-cabernet jus."

Vincent Nattress, Executive Chef, Meadowood Napa Valley

This Cabernet is deep and rich with dark cherry flavors and hints of tobacco and dark chocolate. Wonderful when paired with braised beef shoulder from Long Meadow Ranch."

Todd Humphries, Chef & Co-Owner, Martini House

WINEMAKER'S TASING NOTES
2004 LONG MEADOW RANCH CABERNET SAUVIGNON

An exceptional Cabernet; a depth of earth, spice, and fruit layered with natural flavors creates a wine that is particularly harmonious and compelling. The nose exemplifies notes of black currant, cassis, black cherry, cedar, anise, and smoky black tea. The well-balanced earthiness of the wine reflects the natural LMR terroir, full of forest floor, peat, and dried herbs. Already beginning to mellow, the soft, silky tannins are luscious on your palate. Although smooth and well-balanced in its youth, this wine shows complexity that will allow it to age for many years to come.
- Ashley Heisey

Harvest Dates:
September 4-20, 2004

Varietal Composition:
97% Cabernet Sauvignon, 3% Cabernet Franc.

Brix @ Harvest:
24.0°

Cooperage:
Aged 18 months in French oak coopered by Seguin-Moreau and Taransaud. Medium toast. 50 percent new.

Alcohol:
13.9%

Production:
2750 cases

Food Affinities:
Perfect with LMR Highland beef, with lamb, or with roasted game.

2004 Growing Season:
Bud break occurred earlier than we could remember and the trend carried forward throughout the growing season. Heat spikes occurred in June and at scattered intervals throughout the summer season. Grapes completed veraison early and ripeness with well developed sugars was also realized early and acid balance eventually caught up. Temperatures were steady into one of our earliest harvests ever. Grape quality was very good with a crop that was smaller than average.


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2004 Long Meadow Ranch Cabernet Sauvignon
is available to members of the

LMR Corral Club at an additional discount.

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