Foxen 7200 Vogelzang Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon 2019
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Made up of 100% Cabernet Sauvignon from the Vogelzang Vineyard in Happy Canyon of Santa Barbara. Once the fruit is harvested the whole berries are destemmed into small oak and stainless steel open-top fermenters. Fermentation takes place for 20-25 days with pumpovers 2 times daily. The wine then ages for roughly 22 months in 100% French oak, of which 57% is new.
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The 2018 Cabernet Sauvignon Vogelzang Vineyard is a powerful wine packed with all of the earthy and savory notes that make Happy Canyon Cabernets so distinctive. Cedar, tobacco, licorice, dried herbs and crushed leaves lend aromatic nuance to a core of bright, red-toned fruit. There is terrific energy here, and plenty of personality too.
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Approachable aromas of cherry and crumpled red flowers draw the nose into this bottling from a vineyard on the eastern side of the Santa Ynez Valley. Tight, grippy tannins frame the medium-bodied palate, where snappy cranberry and cinnamon flavors are dusted in pepper spice
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The 2019 Cabernet Sauvignon Vogelzang Vineyard is all varietal and spent 20 months in barrel. Its ruby/plum color gives way to a concentrated, medium-bodied, balanced red offering both red and black fruits, notes of cedarwood, tobacco, and sagebrush, supple tannins, and a good finish. A solid, outstanding Cabernet Sauvignon, it can be drunk any time over the coming 15 years or so.
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A noble variety bestowed with both power and concentration, Cabernet Sauvignon enjoys success all over the globe, its best examples showing potential to age beautifully for decades. Cabernet Sauvignon flourishes in Bordeaux's Medoc where it is often blended with Merlot and smaller amounts of some combination of Cabernet Franc, Malbecand Petit Verdot. In the Napa Valley, ‘Cab’ is responsible for some of the world’s most prestigious, age-worthy and sought-after “cult” wines. Somm Secret—DNA profiling in 1997 revealed that Cabernet Sauvignon was born from a spontaneous crossing of Cabernet Franc and Sauvignon Blanc in 17th century southwest France.
On the eastern end of the Santa Ynez Valley, the rolling hills of the tiny Happy Canyon AVA produce top quality reds from Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Syrah and whites from Sauvignon blanc. The region’s low-nutrient soil grows smaller vines and in turn, higher quality wine grapes.