Kenwood Vineyards

California

Artist Series Cabernet Sauvignon

Sonoma Valley

$80 USD

Release Price

Drink Window

14.5%

ABV

3.5

pH

6.51

TA

RS

Nose

This wine unveils fragrant fruit aromas of cassis, black cherry and vanilla that join with complex notes of hazelnut and violet.

Palate

These powerful flavors are matched by a dense palate that stays smooth through the long, lingering finish.

Growing Conditions

The vintage of 2012 started with a dry and mild spring which gave way to a summer with nearly perfect growing conditions that produced fruit of exceptional quality. The fruit was harvested over the course of several weeks in late September/early October as each vineyard block attained its maximum flavor and ripeness.

Bottling

Bottled July 2015.

Winemaking

Since its first vintage in 1975, Kenwood Vineyards Artist Series has represented the “best of the best” of our Cabernet Sauvignon. Each year select vineyards located throughout Sonoma County’s premier Cabernet appellations are picked at the peak of flavor and then carefully crushed, fermented, and aged. After two years of barrel aging the winemakers taste through all of the individual vineyard lots and select barrel by barrel the most flavorful wines to make up the Artist Series blend.