| TASTE BENCHMARKS |
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Profile #1
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| Appearance |
Good red color. |
| Aroma |
Rich blackberry cobler with almost no vegetal side at all. |
| Flavor |
Jammy flavors of blackberry, cocoa and coconut. Sweet round tannins. |
| Balance |
Low acidity. |
| PRODUCTION CORRELATIONS |
| Oenological |
Standard Bordeaux winemaking. |
| Viticultural |
Clone 337. |
| Terroir |
Almost no Cabernet is today grown in the windtunnel north of King City. The southern 30 miles of this vast long AVA aren't in the Salinas Valley at all. The Indian River is a Region 3 with rocky red dirt and no wind. |