Wine Description

Award Winning Wine!

This promotion will introduce the 2008 vintage to the public for the first time.  It is only available on Indie Winemakers!

Malibu has long been noted for it's surfer community and beach houses.  You can now add fine wines to that image!  Our vertical offering includes four years of award winning estate Cabernet Sauvignon from Colcanyon Estate Wines located in Latigo Canyon, Malibu. The 2008 vintage recently was awarded the prestigious "Double Gold" medal from the San Francisco International Wine Competition.  This wine went head to head in one of the most competitive varietal categories, taking on the long established big names in the world’s wine industry.  This Cabernet is in the top four percent of wines that were entered - only 13 entrants received the award.

About the wine

Colcanyon Estate is a 2 acre vineyard located at 2000 feet on southwest facing 45 degree slope in Malibu.  All fruit is estate grown. The Cabs (including '08) are blended with 10% Cab Franc to give them a bit more backbone.  Winery Description of the wine:

2008 Cabernet Sauvignon

Rich and fruit forward with notes of raspberry and black pepper. Moderate tannins make our Cab accessible without food, or, it pairs beautifully with red meat.

2008 Cabernet Sauvignon Profile Style
Light Bodied	Medium Bodied	Full Bodied
Drink Now (0-3 yrs)	Will Age (3-5 yrs)	Will Age (8-10 yrs)
Slightly Fruity	Fruity	Very Fruity
No Tannins	Softer Tannins	Heavier Tannins
Low Acidity	Medium Acidity	High Acidity
No Residual Sugar Dry	Off Dry	Sweet

Tasting Notes

Indie Winemakers' Tasting Notes

Our mission is to provide unbiased opinions of the wine being offered. These notes come from up to 10 guests who tasted this wine in a blind tasting format (wine is concealed so their identity is unknown). Why this format? Tasting blind completely throws out any hype associated with a certain winery, style, price point, etc; it forces the taster to accept what is in the glass without any predetermined notions. Our guests utilize Robert Parker's Glossary of Wine Terms for their comments for consistency purposes. In addition, we utilize the wine aroma wheel to enhance one’s ability to describe the complexity of wine flavor. Notes are posted on this wine during the tasting to ensure they accurately reflect the impressions.

Tasting Notes - 2008 Estate Cabernet Sauvignon

Indie Winemakers' Tasting Notes

Our tasting notes include sight, aromatics and palate. For more information, see our Tasting Techniques. This wine was tasted on September 22, 2011 in Los Angeles as part of Tasting Panel tour of the double gold medal winners.

• Sight: This wine is dark purple in color. Medium teardrops with no color variation.
• Aromatics: Bright fruit aromas with black berry and cassis aromatics with a slight tobacco, and cedar aroma.
• Palate: Very smooth soft mouthfeel, medium body and mostly balanced with a long finish.

Technical Data

Vintage Description

2008 Cabernet Sauvignon

Weather: Cooler and slightly wetter than 2007, which was warm and extremely dry.  Rich and fruit forward with notes of raspberry and black pepper. Moderate tannins make our Cab accessible without food, or, it pairs beautifully with red meat.

Wine Technical Data
Blend	Cabernet Sauvignon and Cabernet Franc
Appellation	100% Malibu located in Latigo Canyon
Harvest Dates	Sept 6th 2008
Yeast	NA
Fermentation	NA
Aging / Cooperage	NA
Alcohol	14.8% by volume
Acidity	NA