2019 NAPA CABERNET - turnbullwines.com

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NAPA VALLEY CABERNET SAUVIGNON “our napa valley cabernet sauvignon captures the essence of the estates we own & farm in napa valley. this is a wine of integrity & one that we make to share at our own family table. a quintessential dirt-to-bottle wine that’s approachable at release & downright delicious.” peter heitz, winemaker OUR STORY Turnbull is rooted in the culture and history of the Napa Valley, making wine of exceptional quality in Oakville since 1979. At the core of our independently owned business is our estate-grown fruit, which we carefully tend to from dirt to bottle. We craft our wines with integrity and without compromise, and our signature is a wine defined by consistency of balance, structure, and depth. WINEMAKING It starts with the painstaking process of vinifying lot by lot, tasting and evaluating each for specific attributes and characteristics. Winemaker Peter Heitz weaves together a narrative of place, tasting through and chalking each barrel, one by one, to determine the final blends. Our wines are aged in 100% French Oak barrels and rest in bottle for extended time so that they may be enjoyed as they were intended: upon release and over the long- term. VINEYARDS In the vineyards, we focus on farming each vineyard to the highest quality. At the end of each vintage, we reflect on our practices, consider what Mother Nature bestowed upon us, and then challenge ourselves with the goal to push the bar even higher in the next vintage. Each vineyard site lends its own voice and signature to the resulting blend. The fingerprint of the famous Fortuna Vineyard shines through in this wine, providing tart, fresh red fruits and spice box components; Amoenus Vineyard lends dark cherry tones and mid-palate width; Leopoldina Vineyard provides structure, texture, and dense black fruit; Our Home Vineyard, which surrounds our historic winery, brings fresh red fruit and focus. 8210 St. Helena Highway P.O. Box 29, Oakville, CA 94562 | Tel 707.963.5839 | www.turnbullwines.com 2019 VINTAGE NOTES The 2019 growing season set the stage for another amazing vintage in Napa Valley. Generous rainfall at the start of growing season preceded a long, warm summer with few extreme heat events. Cool, foggy mornings preserved freshness and finesse in the fruit, while abundant hang time on the vines allowed for ideal color, structure, and fruit tone extraction. The result: exceptional, balanced fruit with bright acidity, ample texture, and supple tannins. TASTING NOTES Notes of dusted blackberries, plum, and cherry lead to a back-drift of toast and fleeting tobacco. Supple creamy tannins widen the dark fruit mid- palate, lending to a lifted and layered finish. This wine widens and rises in amplitude and velocity with elegance and balance, showcasing the incredible beauty of the 2019 vintage APPELLATION Napa Valley ALCOHOL 14.3% by volume VARIETAL BREAKDOWN 89% Cabernet Sauvignon, 4% Cabernet Franc, 4% Petit Verdot, 2% Merlot, 1% Malbec VINEYARD BREAKDOWN 52% Amoenus Vineyard, Calistoga 24% Leopoldina Vineyard, Oakville 17% Fortuna Vineyard, Oakville 6% Turnbull Home Vineyard, Oakville

Transcript of 2019 NAPA CABERNET - turnbullwines.com

NAPA VALLEY

CABERNET SAUVIGNON

“ o u r n a p a v a l l e y c a b e r n e t s a u v i g n o n c a p t u r e s t h e

e s s e n c e o f t h e e s t a t e s w e o w n & f a r m i n n a p a v a l l e y .

t h i s i s a w i n e o f i n t e g r i t y & o n e t h a t w e m a k e t o

s h a r e a t o u r o w n f a m i l y t a b l e . a q u i n t e s s e n t i a l

d i r t - t o - b o t t l e w i n e t h a t ’ s a p p r o a c h a b l e a t r e l e a s e

& d o w n r i g h t d e l i c i o u s . ” – p e t e r h e i t z , w i n e m a k e r

OUR STORY

Turnbull is rooted in the culture and history of the Napa Valley, making wine of exceptional quality in Oakville since 1979. At the core of our independently owned business is our estate-grown fruit, which we carefully tend to from dirt to bottle. We craft our wines with integrity and without compromise, and our signature is a wine defined by consistency of balance, structure, and depth.

WINEMAKING

It starts with the painstaking process of vinifying lot by lot, tasting and evaluating each for specific attributes and characteristics. Winemaker Peter Heitz weaves together a narrative of place, tasting through and chalking each barrel, one by one, to determine the final blends. Our wines are aged in 100% French Oak barrels and rest in bottle for extended time so that they may be enjoyed as they were intended: upon release and over the long-term.

VINEYARDS

In the vineyards, we focus on farming each vineyard to the highest quality. At the end of each vintage, we reflect on our practices, consider what Mother Nature bestowed upon us, and then challenge ourselves with the goal to push the bar even higher in the next vintage. Each vineyard site lends its own voice and signature to the resulting blend. The fingerprint of the famous Fortuna Vineyard shines through in this wine, providing tart, fresh red fruits and spice box components; Amoenus Vineyard lends dark cherry tones and mid-palate width; Leopoldina Vineyard provides structure, texture, and dense black fruit; Our Home Vineyard, which surrounds our historic winery, brings fresh red fruit and focus.

8210 St. Helena Highway P.O. Box 29, Oakville, CA 94562 | Tel 707.963.5839 | www.turnbullwines.com

2019

VINTAGE NOTES

The 2019 growing season set the stage for another amazing vintage in Napa Valley. Generous rainfall at the start of growing season preceded a long, warm summer with few extreme heat events. Cool, foggy mornings preserved freshness and finesse in the fruit, while abundant hang time on the vines allowed for ideal color, structure, and fruit tone extraction. The result: exceptional, balanced fruit with bright acidity, ample texture, and supple tannins.

TASTING NOTES

Notes of dusted blackberries, plum, and cherry lead to a back-drift of toast and fleeting tobacco. Supple creamy tannins widen the dark fruit mid-palate, lending to a lifted and layered finish. This wine widens and rises in amplitude and velocity with elegance and balance, showcasing the incredible beauty of the 2019 vintage

APPELLATION

Napa Valley

ALCOHOL

14.3% by volume

VARIETAL BREAKDOWN

89% Cabernet Sauvignon, 4% Cabernet Franc, 4% Petit Verdot, 2% Merlot, 1% Malbec

VINEYARD BREAKDOWN

52% Amoenus Vineyard, Calistoga24% Leopoldina Vineyard, Oakville17% Fortuna Vineyard, Oakville6% Turnbull Home Vineyard, Oakville