2004 ESTATE GROWN CABERNET SAUVIGNON NAPA VALLEY

WINEMAKER'S NOTES
Winemaker Gus Anderson has been making fine wine for more than 35 years. Eagles Trace is an extension of his passion and winemaking experience. His wines have received strong accolades from the wine trade and media throughout his winemaking career.

Vineyard
In the heart of the Napa Valley, just three miles east of St. Helena, Conn Creek flows out of Howell Mountain through Conn Valley. All of the Cabernet Sauvignon grapes for Eagles Trace are grown in estate vineyards located in this region. The lush fruit from our grapes gives Eagles Trace wines great richness of flavor and sense of place.

Our 2004 Cabernet Sauvignon has a composition similar to the great wines of the St-Julien and Pauillac: 75% Cabernet Sauvignon, 18% Merlot and 7% Cabernet Franc.

It is an elegant, full-bodied wine, showing an opaque plum-purple color, a perfumed nose of flowers, cassis and blackberries and fills the mouth with black currants and a hint of licorice. The tannins are sweet, ripe and well integrated.
This wine will benefit with cellaring for 1 to 7 years and continue to live for 20 or more years.