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2012 Stormy Weather Cabernet Sauvignon, 3-bottle Lot

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2012 Stormy Weather Cabernet Sauvignon

750ml

RATINGS

94The Wine Advocate

...aromas of cassis, blackberries and black cherries with violets and earthy/savory notions in the background. The full-bodied mouth is soft and rich with velvety tannins and a lively lift to the long finish.

94Jeb Dunnuck

...offers terrific blue fruits, violets and spring flower aromatics. With a beautiful floral character, full-bodied richness, notable freshness and purity, and the exuberance and charm of the 2012 vintage...

PRODUCER

Stormy Weather

Stormy Weather is a new label from Cameron Woodbridge, brother of Jayson Woodbridge, famous for his wines at Hundred Acre. So far, Cameron is focusing on Cabernet Sauvignon with this label, and wine writers have been complimentary. Vinous noted that although Cameron learned winemaking from his brother, Cameron’s wines “have a distinct personality all their own.”

REGION

United States, California, Napa Valley

Napa Valley AVA is the most famous winemaking region in the United States and one of the most prestigious in the world. With nearly 43,000 acres of vineyards and more than 300 wineries, it is the heart of fine wine production in the United States. Winemaking started in Napa in 1838 when George C. Yount planted grapes and began producing wine commercially. Other winemaking pioneers followed in the late 19th century, including the founders of Charles Krug, Schramsberg, Inglenook and Beaulieu Vineyards. An infestation of phylloxera, an insect that attacks vine roots, and the onset of Prohibition nearly wiped out the nascent Napa wine industry in the early 20th century. But by the late 1950s and early 1960s Robert Mondavi and other visionaries were producing quality wines easily distinguishable from the mass-produced jug wines made in California’s Central Valley. Napa Valley’s AVA was established in 1983, and today there are 16 sub-appellations within the Napa Valley AVA. Many grapes grow well in Napa’s Mediterranean climate, but the region is best known for Cabernet Sauvignon. Chardonnay is also very successfully cultivated, and about 30% of the AVA’s acreage is planted to white grapes, with the majority of those grapes being Chardonnay,

TYPE

Red Wine, Cabernet Sauvignon

One of the most widely grown grape varieties, it can be found in nearly every wine growing region. A cross between Cabernet Franc and Sauvignon Blanc. It’s a hardy vine that produces a full-bodied wine with high tannins and great aging potential.