Joseph Phelps - Cabernet Sauvignon 2001 (750ml) Los Angeles County

Joseph Phelps - Cabernet Sauvignon 2001 (750ml) Los Angeles CountyWinemaker Notes Concentrated ripe sweet fruit is complemented by roasted red and black fruit flavors and a smoky oak component. This powerful wine will continue to evolve for many years. "A dense, layered wine, marked by pure cassis flavors. Picks up intensity in the middle palate, where it turns rich and compelling. Harmony and elegance, not to mention ageability, mark this expression of Cabernet." Wine Enthusiast

clean focused fruit on the elegant palate

He and his father believe that overhead trellising is the secret to making quality wine and controlling yields

The plots for this vineyard are planted to granite at 500m (1640 ft) elevation

This is restrained to the point of being all but aromatically mute though aggressive swirling eventually coaxes notes of green fruit

red berry and grassy flavors

Oger and Le Mesnil-sur-Oger for the Chardonnay (47%)

floral fruit

Notes of fresh blueberries are complemented by hints of clove and vanilla

A well-balanced wine

This is a prototypical Mt

It's light and ethereal with a pronounced sea spray character overlaid with ripe black fruits

as it has been aged sur lie for twice as long as most non-vintage Champagne