Palate
On the palate, flavors of beautiful rich blackberry, warm vanilla, toasted coffee and black cherry are finished with firm but refined tannins.
Growing Conditions
The 2021 growing season was very typical through early spring with warm days and cool nights. Early summer through harvest gave us some unexpected heatwaves but plenty of marine breezes and mild weather prevailed. The result was a slight delay of harvest while we waited for acidity, pH and brix to balance creating mature flavors.
Harvest
We source our Treana Cabernet Sauvignon from mainly three of our favorite districts in the area: Creston, known for its large daily diurnal swings aided by the Templeton Gap maritime breezes that make it to the Creston area by early afternoon each day during the growing season, The Estrella district with its loamy and gravely river plain slopes and canyons, and the San Miguel district with large rolling hills and situated on ancient river plains’ edges and riverbanks that produced and intriguing blend of soils with both loam, gravel and calcareous deposits.
Winemaking
After harvest, vineyard lots were fermented individually in stainless-steel tanks for 10 - 14 days. Extended macerations and carefully managed pump overs enhanced the extraction of color and tannin.
Aging
The lots were aged separately for 10 months in a combination 15% once used French Oak and 85% neutral French and American oak. The initial blend was assembled in mid-Summer 2022 and aged an additional three months in 95% new French Oak. The wine was racked only twice during its cellar life, with the final racking occurring just prior to bottling.
