Chalk Hill Estate

WINEMAKER'S NOTES

This vintage was truly optimal, with temperate, even weather from start to finish. Sugars in the grapes matched true physiological ripeness perfectly, which resulted in wines with great extraction balanced with soft tannins. Aged in the finest available French oak barrels for twenty months, the final blend included small amounts of Petit Verdot, Malbec, Cabernet Franc and Merlot. The final, full-bodied blend possesses complex flavors of black cherry and blood orange with silky tannins.
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REVIEW

Wine Enthusiast awards the 1999 Estate Bottled Chalk Hill Cabernet Sauvignon 90 Points
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TECHNICAL INFORMATION

Blend:

83% Cabernet Sauvignon, 7% Petit Verdot, 4% Malbec, 4% Cabernet Franc, 2% Merlot

Vineyard:

Estate

Appellation:

Chalk Hill

Ageing:

Twenty months, 63% new French oak

Harvested:

October 13 - 30, 1999, Brix 22.2°, T.A. 6.3 g/l, pH 3.48

Bottled:

August 29, 2001, T.A. 6.5 g/l, pH 3.81

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