Item Number: 6940 UPC: 0835603006179

Country: USA
Region: California Sub Region: Napa Valley
Appellation/AVA: Napa Valley
Estate Grown Wine: Yes
Vineyard Designation: Wight Vineyard
Vintage: 2010
Grape(s): 100% Cabernet Sauvignon
Type: Wine - Red
Bottle Size: 750ml Pack: 12
Closure: Cork
Case Production: 373
Alc by Vol(%): 15.2

About the Wine: Wight Vineyard is located 1/2 mile south of St. Helena on Lewelling Lane, an alluvial fan at the base of the western foothills. Wine spent 18 months in 80% new French oak barrels. It was bottled unfined and filtered on August 22, 2012. Bing cherry, blackcurrant and blackberry flavors mingled with spice box, mineral and dark cocoa; velvety tannins, mouthfilling richness, layered complexity, and a lingering finish.

About Lewelling Vineyards: The vineyards of the historic Lewelling estate were established in 1864 near the western foothills in St. Helena by pioneer winegrower and horticulturist John Lewelling. Here, the gravelly loam soil and microclimate combine to produce exceptional Cabernets with rich cherry, currant and berry flavors that are enhanced by traditional winemaking methods and aging in French and American oak barrels. Janice Lewelling Wight, John Lewelling’s great-granddaughter, and her husband Russ built a home on the family property in 1950 and quickly became involved in operating and replanting the vineyard. Over the years Lewelling Vineyards has consistently harvested exceptional Cabernet Sauvignon grapes that have been sold to such fine Napa Valley wineries as Caymus, Viader, and Beaulieu. In 1992 the Wight Family began production of their own vineyard-designated wine. Today Russ, together with his three sons, Alan, Doug and Dave, farm a 28-acre vineyard on a portion of the original estate, one of the oldest continuously-owned family vineyards in the Napa Valley.