2018 Tievoli Cabernet Sauvignon

These Cabernet Sauvignon grapes come from 3 different vineyards in the Lodi Region. The first is our Estate vineyard in the Mokelumne River sub AVA. This vineyard surrounds our tasting room and production facility with the vines trained onto a vertical shoot positioned trellis system. This trellis system helps keep the vines balanced and helps all of the grapes achieve optimal ripeness. Pruning and shoot thinning were done to keep cluster counts in balance, leaves were pulled on the north side of the vine as the rows are oriented east to west. This helps wind and light touch all areas of the cluster. This Cabernet Sauvignon vineyard is managed so that we receive total ripeness giving dark fruits characteristics of black currant and blackberry. It also shows earthiness and tobacco characteristics. The second Vineyard is Rootstock Vineyard located in the Clements Hills sub AVA. This vineyard is located on a sloped hill and helps to keep the berries small and concentrated in flavor. This vineyard puts not only fruitiness on the nose, but an earthy eucalyptus aroma as well. The last vineyard in this Cabernet Sauvignon is from Shinn Farms. This vineyard is also located in the Mokelumne River sub AVA and helps give this wine an earthy undertone. We blended these three vineyards with 20% Petite Sirah in this wine to help strengthen the color and help increase the body and mouthfeel of this Cabernet Sauvignon. This Petite Sirah comes from Forest Lake vineyard in the Jahant sub AVA.