Galleron Signature Wines - 1998 Wight Cabernet




						1998 WIGHT VINEYARD CABERNET SAUVIGNON
	Wine Profile Composition: 100 % Cabernet Sauvignon Vineyard: Wight/Lewelling Appellation: Napa Valley Sub-Appellation: St. Helena Vintage: 1998 Harvested: October Grape Sugar: 24.5º Brix Time In Oak: 21 months Type of Oak: 100% French Wine T.A.: 0.60 gms/100 ml Wine pH: 3.60 Wine Alcohol: 13.5% by volume 98 cases made Price: $68.00 - SOLD OUT					1998 WIGHT VINEYARD CABERNET SAUVIGNON
					The Vineyard: The friendship between the Wight family and the Galleron family spans three generations and much of the winegrowing history of the Napa Valley. The Wight/Lewelling Vineyard is located in the very heart of the St. Helena appellation. Winegrower, Doug Wight produces outstanding Cabernet Sauvignon, and the highly anticipated 1998 Wight Cabernet is a beautiful rendition of a classic Bordeaux style wine. The Wine: The Wight Cabernet fruit was crushed and fermented at 88º in stainless steel vats and pressed out at dryness after 12 days. The wine was racked in new French Marchive Oak barrels and aged for 21 months. This distinguished Cabernet is nearly opaque, black-purple in color with aromas that soar from the glass. Soft, sweet tannins and graceful waves of blackberry, cherry and cassis flavors are carried by an exquisite mouthfeel. Elegant and velvety enough to enjoy now, but with enough balance and structure to go another decade or more, this classic Cabernet is soft, complex and intense all at once with a lingering finish that embodies its finesse. What The Critics Say... Reviewed in California Grapevine - August / September 2001 - "Medium-dark ruby; attractive, intense, cedary, toasty, black cherry fruit aroma with notes of vanilla and black pepper; medium-full to full body; forward, plush, cedary, toasty, tarrish, herbal, blackcherry fruit flavors; hard finish; medium-full tannin; lingering aftertaste. Highly recommended. [ 88 ] Reviewed in The Insiders Wine line - Volume 4, Number 4 "The 1998 Cabernet Sauvignon, Wight Vineyards, Napa Valley has a lush bouquet of black currants, black cherries, blackberries, black plum, mint, coffee and vanilla. The flavors of black fruits, underbrush spice and subtle toasty oak are complex and harmonious followed by a long, fruity, spicy, toasty finish with moderate tannins.Rating:91"