2004 - Solo Cabernet Sauvignon - Foley Food and Wine Society

2004 – Solo Cabernet Sauvignon

In 1968, Harry See planted the Silverado Vineyard to Cabernet Sauvignon. Over the next two decades with careful vine selection and cultivation, the Silverado Clone emerged becoming the only Stags Leap District Cabernet Sauvignon designated as a “Heritage Clone”, by the University of California, Davis. Each year, we honor this select clone designation with SOLO.

APPELLATION: Stags Leap District, Napa Valley

VARIETAL: Cabernet Sauvignon

COOPERAGE: 16 months barrel age
32% new oak. New oak profile: 100% French
Overall oak profile: 85% French, 15% American

Vintage Notes

Following wet February weather, warm March temperatures forced early bud break, and unusually dry spring conditions, plus a brief heat spike at the end of April, hastened flowering and kept vine vigor under control. Summer was moderate until picking time when a brief hot spell jump-started what had been a gradual if early, beginning to the harvest.