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2013 Etude Saint Helena NV Cabernet Sauvignon 13

2013 Etude Saint Helena NV Cabernet Sauvignon 13

2013 Etude Saint Helena NV Cabernet Sauvignon 13

Technical Information

Varietal Cabernet Sauvignon
Vintage 2013
Appellation St. Helena
Alcohol % 14.5%
Enclosure Type Cork

Scores & Accolades

  • 95
    JamesSuckling.com - "This is the real deal with lead pencil and oyster shell. Currant undertones. Full body and fine tannins. Flavorful and intense. A beauty. A shame it's the last vintage! Drink now or hold." - James Suckling

Vintage

The 2013 vintage began with a warm, dry spring that brought early bud break and created ideal conditions for flowering and fruit set. With no surprises throughout the growing season, temperatures were consistently favorable and even, resulting in notably healthy vines as fruit went through veraison and started ripening. The overall dry season made for a short harvest - one of the earliest and most condensed of recent memory.

Vineyard

Located in the upper Napa Valley, the Schoenstein Vineyard, owned by Margaret Schoenstein and her family, serves as the single vineyard for this wine. The vineyard sits on a pronounced alluvial fan along the Mill Creek on the north end of the St. Helena appellation. This bottling comes from a four acre vineyard of older vines where Cabernet Sauvignon and Cabernet Franc grow adjacent to one another.

Winemaker Jon Priest