Ok, next up - tasting the 2017 Research Cab for our November Wine Club shipment that we’re sending out to you guys.
So special wine, often a Wine Club exclusive. We don’t have much of it to go around, and that is true as of this vintage too. It looks like it’s really gonna be a bottle per wine club member. We only made 150 cases so there really isn’t much.
It comes from special Research Vineyard, basically a field blend of all these wonderful varieties, sometimes even white and there is a white variety in this year’s, Petit Manseng.
So this is 2017 Research Cab: 46% Merlot, 27% Cabernet Sauvignon, 14% Petit Verdot, 3% Cabernet Franc, 2% Blaufrankisch, 2% Barbera, 2% Petit Manseng that white grape I was speaking of, 2% Syrah, 1% Malbec and 1% Sangiovese.
All fermented together. Goes into basically all, old neutral oak. Just super satisfying. Kind of black raspberries, black plum, cherry, little bit of bramble fruit, little bit of spice.
Great texture, silky, moderate alcohol, good acidity.
Gonna be great with you know, lamb chops, especially herb-crusted lamp chops. Mushroom dishes, mushroom risotto, grain-based dishes. Veal, a nice veal chop would be delicious with this.
Silky palate. Like I was saying 25% new oak, 75% old, so mostly old, neutral oak, spent about 20 months, so almost 2 years in barrels. Was only moved once. Bottled on June 8th, 2019 so it’s had a little bit of time in the bottle, but it’s gonna certainly improve, but again there’s not much of it and it’s really hard to resist so I have a feeling it’s gonna go quick and you guys are gonna drink it. So hope you love it, enjoy 2017 Research Cab.
