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Goldschmidt Vineyard - Cabernet Sauvignon Oakville - Game Ranch label
Goldschmidt Vineyard - Cabernet Sauvignon Oakville - Game Ranch bottle

Goldschmidt Vineyard - Cabernet Sauvignon Oakville - Game Ranch 2012

Red Wine

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Item# 72074-12/6PK

Oakville Game Ranch

Many of Napa's most-respected, highest-scoring, and most-collectible Cabernet Sauvignon wines come from Oakville. The marriage of Cabernet Sauvignon with the soil and climate of Oakville produces wines with tremendous depth and complexity. Some emphasize subtlety over power and others structure over fruit. There's not really one style of Oakville Cabernet Sauvignon, because the terrain varies so much. Rocky, red volcanic soils dominate in the east and receive full afternoon sun, the valley floor tends to have deeper, heavier soils, and on the west side long and broad alluvial fans get shaded by the mountains late in the day. One aspect that all the wines share, however, is an appealing acidity and freshness caused by the fog off the bay. Even the richest, most opulent Oakville wines show this trait.
Nick Goldschmidt makes his Oakville Game Ranch in a very approachable, elegant style. Sourced from the eastern-end of Oakville Cross Rd, the soils here transition from volcanic red clay to brown, gravelly loam. They offer exceptionally good drainage which controls vigor, produce smaller berries and ultimately wines with deeper concentration. Soil water-holding capacity is sufficient enough to prevent dehydration thus protecting the critical fruit flavor to alcohol balance. Goldschmidt Game Ranch shows early drinkability, ripe fruit and tannins, and savory minerality.

Technical data

Appellation: Oakville AVA
Vineyard: Game Ranch
Varietal: 100% Cabernet Sauv
Trellis: Vertical
Clones: 4, 337
Rootstocks: 101-14, 110R
Vine Age: 13-22 years
Harvest Date: Oct 26, 2012
Yield: 3.2 tons per acre
Fermentation: 100% Native Yeast
TA: 6.2 g/Liter
pH: 3.67
Alcohol: 14.2%
Filtering: Unfined & Unfiltered
Aging: 31 months, Allier Oak,
Demptos Tight Grain, 85% New
Cellaring Potential: 15+ years

Vintage notes

"The long, mild growing season allowed for a long hang time with even ripening and outstanding flavor development and tannin maturity. I've been farming this ranch since 1998 and this is an exceptional vintage."