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2015 Eagle & Plow Cabernet Sauvignon 3 liter
Intoxicating aromas of black currant and blueberry, savory dried herbs and sweet roasted caramel combine with hints of tea tree and eucalyptus.
This is Mercer's charitable wine dedicated to supporting our service men, women and their families - over the last 6 years we have donated over $260,000 in wine and cash.
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Wine Specs
Vintage
2015
Varietal
Cabernet Sauvignon
Appellation
Horse Heaven Hills
Vineyard Designation
Cavalie Vineyard
Harvest Date
October 9, 2015
Acid
0.52g/100ml
pH
3.85
Aging
18 months new & neutral French Oak
Alcohol %
14.5
Wine Profile
Tasting Notes
black currant, blueberry, sweet roasted caramel, tea tree & eucalyptus
Vineyard Notes
On a sunny September day in 2001, two airplanes departed Boston's Logan Airport, and America changed. The country lost much of its innocence, and many Americans Lost much more.
Mercer Wine Estates' Vineyard Manager, John Derrick, lost his best friend, Richard Guadagno, who went down in a Pennsylvania field on Flight 93. Rob Mercer, Owner of Mercer Estates, served as a Captain in the US Marcine Corps in the 1990's and re-appointed after 9-11 to serve in Iraq.
When he returned from service, Rob and John decided to plant a special vineyard. Block 93 of the Cavalie Vineyard is a one-acre block of premium, Washington wine grapes on some of the best vineyard land in the US. 911 vines were planted on a south facing slope in the Horse Heaven Hills.
Production Notes
The fruit was harvested on October 9th, 2015. 2015 was the fourth harvest for this block and yielded 3.25 tons of fruit. These grapes were double sorted, first in the vineyard with the selective harvest on our Pellenc harvesters, then again at the winery on our sorting table. The fruit was not crushed in order to preserve as much whole-berry as possible. We fermented the wine in our oak upright tank with twice daily punch downs. After fermentation, the wine was racked to four new French oak and four older French oak barrels for malolactic fermentation. The wine was aged in those eight barrels for 18 months before being blended together.