RARECAT Old Toll

Cabernet Sauvignon
2016

Aromatics that are deep and rich with delicious layers of red and black fruits, prune, raspberry, black cherry, blueberry, coriander, licorice, and cocoa.  You’ll find velvet in the mouth with a mouth watering, lingering finish.

We love elegant Cabernets that are regal in balance, marked by complex aromas that make you dream. The goal of our Old Toll Cabernet Sauvignons are a wine rich in elegance, deep in flavor, with tannins hidden in the background that will support these flavors for many years to come. We have three Old Toll Hillside vineyards in Napa Valley: Calistoga, Spring Mountain and Canon Creek.
 

Winemaker Notes

93% Cabernet Sauvignon + 7% Cabernet Franc    The Cabernet Sauvignon was harvested on September 26 and October 2nd.  The Cabernet Franc was harvested on October 13.  3-4 day cold soak with 3 gentle pumpovers per day.  An average of 3 pump overs    per day were performed after inoculation.  Total maceration averaged 25 days. After malolactic fermentation was finished, the wine aged for 22 months in 80% new French Oak barrels/20% one and two year old french barrels.  Final blend was done 30 days before bottling.