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2005 OAKVILLE APPELLATION CABERNET SAUVIGNON VINTAGE The Oakville Appellation of Napa Valley produces some of the best Cabernet Sauvignon in the world and consistently produces the finest red wines of Napa Valley. It includes such stellar producers as Dalla Valle, Far Niente, Groth, Harlan Estate, Heitz Martha’s Vineyard, Miner Family, Nickel & Nickel, Oakville Ranch, Opus One, Paradigm, and Screaming Eagle. A complete list of Oakville Winegrowers can be found at www.oakvillewinegrowers.com. The 2005 Cabernet Sauvignon vintage is excellent to outstanding with the best wines exhibiting big, concentrated fruit, moderately soft tannins that will soften further with bottle age, and, generally, excellent overall balance and structure. These wines will age well for 15-20 years or more with proper storage. The 2005 wines are bigger, richer, and better structured than 2004, which is a very good vintage in its own right. The tannin to fruit ratio, and the quality of the tannins, is such that these wines will develop harmoniously over the wine’s lifetime. The following 2005 Oakville Appellation Cabernet Sauvignon wines were tasted in April 2008 and are listed below with “outstanding, excellent or good” potential. Many of these wines have not been released, and some producers, such as Dalla Valle, Harlan Estate and Paradigm, did not provide their 2005 for tasting in April. Outstanding Potential Groth Vineyards & Winery Hoopes Vineyard & Winery Screaming Eagle Excellent Potential Detert Family Vineyards Ghost Block Nickel & Nickel (Sullenger) Nickel & Nickel (Rock Cairn) Nickel & Nickel (Martin Stelling) Oakville East Exposure (Oakville East Wine Company) Oakville Ranch Good Potential Far Niente Winery Miner Robert Mondavi (Oakville) Robert Mondavi (Reserve) Rudd Showket Stanton Vineyards Swanson (“Alexis” Cabernet Sauvignon) Tierra Roja
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