2008 Girard Winery Mixed Blacks Napa Valley
Vineyard: Girard
Price: $50.00
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Varietal: cabernet sauvignon
Style: Red
Region: United States
Other Vintages: 2010 2009 2007 2006
Drink By 2010
WINEMAKER'S NOTE
The grapes were hand-sorted and crushed to stainless steel fermentors. Pumpovers were done as gently as possible to avoid undesirable harsh tannin extraction. Pressed at dryness to 85% French and 15% American oak with a composition of 40% new oak for both barrel types.
Expert Reviews
  • Background
    Our 2008 vintage is a medium-bodied mouthful of chocolate covered strawberries, wild plums and cassis with hints of vanilla extract, molasses and toasted tobacco. The 2008 vintage is a proprietary blend of Petite Sirah, Zinfandel, Carignane, Grenache and Mourvedre.The century-old vines are planted in a field blend style with various Rhone varietal and Zinfandel vines interspersed throughout the vineyard blocks. The grapes are harvested at the same time and processed in a cofermentation style with everyone jumping into the pool at the same time. The resulting product is a wonderful old-world, field blend style wine.