Cain Concept Library Edition 2001
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6-PACK PRICE = $95.97 per bottle (add 6-11 quantity to your basket) CASE PRICE = $89.99 per bottle (add 12+ quantity to your basket) Notes from the Winemaker: It is a privilege to be able to revisit one’s work years after the fact, one that I fully appreciate at Cain. Today, eight years after the harvest, the 2007 Cain Concept is round, smooth, seamless, and satisfying. It reflects the year. With retrospect, there is no doubt that 2007 was and will be thought to have been the best vintage of the decade—and that, of very many good vintages in the period.
2007 was perfection—especially in the Benchlands of the Napa Valley, where yields were moderate and vigor found its balance. At Cain, we’ve always valued restraint. For the Cain Concept, we picked some fabled vineyards weeks before others did. Our reward is that the wine is aging gracefully and is still clearly in its youth. Here the charm, the generosity, and finesse of the best Cabernets of the Napa Valley are on full display.
Here is some of what I wrote five years ago, when this wine was first released: The core of our Cain Concept—The Benchland is about Cabernet Sauvignon from the classical “Benchlands” of the Napa Valley. These are the alluvial fan benches that form at the foot of the mountains lining the edges of the valley floor. We think that the Cabernet Sauvignon grown on the eastern and western benches of Oakville, Rutherford, and St. Helena have defined the greatness of the Napa Valley for more than 100 years. This makes up about half of the blend.
But, on its own the Cabernet Sauvignon can be a bit simple, so, in the “Cain Way,” we have blended judicious quantities of Cabernet Franc, Merlot, and Petit Verdot to build complexity, to add nuance, to articulate the structure, and to add length to the finish of the wine. The Franc gives a bit of lift to the nose, and the Merlot gives a bit of fat to the entry and mid-palate, while the Verdot adds backbone to the blend. Harvest & Varietal Information: Beckstoffer—George III, To Kalon, Missouri Hopper, Stagecoach, Truchard, Claes vineyards: Oakville: 25% Rutherford: 22% Atlas Peak: 30% Los Carneros 14% Diamond Mountain 9% varieties: 57% Cabernet Sauvignon, 18% Merlot, 13% Cabernet Franc, 12% Petit Verdot original production: 4,208 cases.
Cain Concept Library Edition
Notes from the Winemaker: The 2002 Concept emphasizes the lush fruit and supple tannins of grapes grown on the alluvial fans lining the edges of the Napa Valley and the hillsides of Carneros. For Cabernet, these include the famed Rutherford and Oakville districts, the outfalls of York and Conn Creeks west of St. Helena and, for Cabernet Franc, the cool climate and sandy soils of Napa’s Carneros region. In the heart of the Napa Valley, the deep, well-drained and gravelly soils of the Georges III and the Tokalon vineyards hold the natural vigor of Cabernet Sauvignon in check. Here, the warm days and cool nights of the valley’s benchlands bring the full fruit flavors and aromas of Cabernet Sauvignon to full potential. These two highly regarded vineyards comprise the majority of our Concept blend. For Cabernet Franc, we turn to Carneros.
Cain Concept 2008
The extended hang-time needed to ripen Truchard Vineyards’ Cabernet Franc in the cool Carneros region intensifies the color and varietal character. This wine is an accurate reflection of the vintage, the vineyards, and the Cain style. It is ripe, plummy, rich and dusty, reflecting a long, warm summer in the Oakville and Rutherford districts of the Napa Valley. It also exhibits the restraint, finesse, and exceptional mouthfeel characteristic of the Cain style of winemaking. Our winemaking program is simple: hand picking, gentle destemming, native yeast fermentation, thoughtful maceration, and manual pressing. The wine completes malolactic fermentation in the barrel, is blended in the summer following harvest, is racked barrel-to-barrel, egg white fined and bottled without filtration. The 2002 Concept spent about 19 months in French oak barrels, 75% new.