Hedges - CMS - Cabernet Sauvignon

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Producer	Hedges
Country	United States
Region	Washington
Subregion	Columbia Valley
Varietal	Cabernet Sauvignon
Sku	14660
Size	750ml

 

Tasting notes: Dark, rich berries, cocoa, vanilla, dried sage, and cinnamon. Full-bodied with favors of toasty blackberry, toffee, chocolate, leather and a touch of cassis.

Winemaker: Sarah Hedges Goedhart

Release Date: Fall 2021

Varietal percent: 76% Cabernet Sauvignon 16% Syrah, 8% Merlot

Titratable Acid: 5.7 g/L

pH: 3.84

Alcohol: 14.0%

Production: 6042 cases

Bottling Date: Summer 2021 13.5% Alc/Vol 2019 750mL

Cellaring: Ready to drink now, this wine has the structure to age for 5 to 10 more years

Production: The grapes were sourced from Sagemoor, Wooded Island and Bacchus vineyard in the Columbia Valley AVA and Hedges Estate, Jolet, Bel’ Villa, and Les Gosses vineyard in the Red Mountain AVA. The must was pumped over for 8 days and pressed to tank, where it underwent malo-lactic fermentation. The Columbia Valley portion of this wine was fermented to dryness on 100 % American Oak and aged on 100% French oak. It was 100% barrel aged for 5 months in 100% neutral oak. The Red Mountain AVA Wines were 100% barrel aged in 100% neutral American and French oak for 19 months.

Harvest notes: 2019 threw us a few surprises when it came to the weather! After 2+ months of snow starting in Mid-February it never quite got hot. We were a bit behind going into veraison and the ripening period of September, which was a cold month. We traded our usual Indian summer and warm fall with a chilly September and a freeze on October 10th and 11th that hit a lot of areas pretty hard. Luckily our early pick philosophy and intuition of picking based on avors instead of numbers put us ahead of the curve and we had everything in before the freeze. Overall, 2019 is proving to be a classic Washington state vintage, with wines that are showing a lot of balance and restraint that will only become more complex and improve with time.