Featured Wine - Krutz Family Cellars
Stagecoach Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon
Napa Valley - Atlas Peak
95 Points
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Wine Description
Holiday Gift for Cabernet Sauvignon Lovers
For those friends of yours who love Cabernet Sauvignon, why not give them a unique, small production wine from a new cult wine producer - Krutz Family Cellars? Their 06 vintage was ranked one of the top 100 wines in 2011 by Wine Enthusiast (Feb 2011), and it has already sold out. Get in early, this new producer's wine will soon be available for wine club members only. Today, we are offering a limited quantity of the 2007 Stagecoach Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon at a +15% discount:.
- 1 Bottle $64 + $17 shipping - $11 savings
- 2 Bottles $128 and free shipping - $41 savings
- 6 Bottles with Box Gift Set $375 and free shipping - $68 savings
95 Point Wine!
"This bottling, from the vineyard high up on Atlas Peak, is establishing itself as a real benchmark. The ’07 is smooth and rich and vast in flavor, offering waves of blackberries, cherry pie, cassis and blackstrap molasses, with a delicious coating of sweet, smoky oak. It’s impressive in youth, but so balanced, it should easily negotiate the years."
- 95 pts Wine Enthusiast – Steve Heimoff
| Wine 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 - 2007 Stagecoach Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon
Indie Winemakers' Tasting Notes
Our tasting notes include sight, aromatics and palate. For more information, see our Tasting Techniques.- Sight: This wine is clear, dark ruby red in color with no rim variation. The deep color suggests the richness to come.
- Aromatics: Bright fruit nose and taste. Red cherries and a cedar nose.
- Palate: Full-bodied, forward fruit gives it a smooth mouth feel. Ripe tannins add to the long, lingering finish.
Technical Data
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Wine Technical Data
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| Blend | 90% Cabernet Sauvignon, 10% Malbec |
| Appelation | Napa Valley Appellation, Stagecoach Vineyard |
| Clones | K-2 Block, Clone 15 |
| Aging / Cooperage | 20 months in French Oak Barrels, 75% New Seguin-Moreau “Cabernet Selection” & “Special Rouge” |
| Alcohol | 14.9% by volume |
| Acidity |
pH 3.76 |
| Production | 390 Cases |
Vintage Description
2007 Stagecoach Vineyard, Napa Valley
One of the factors that make Stagecoach Vineyard unique is the cool fog that rolls off the hills each summer morning around 7:00 a.m. Sun shines on the vines for a large amount of hours each day, even though the average temperature during ripening is a full 1-2 degree Celsius below the Oakville mean. This combination of cool nights and lengthy warm days promotes great complexity due to optimal hang time. Another major factor is the well-drained soils that make up almost the entire base of the vines. Several large rocks dot the landscape and smaller gravel to tiny pebbles break up the few feet of soil that a vine’s roots find purchase in, until being forced to make their way through broken volcanic rock.
Winemaker's Comments:
My favorite vintage of the decade for Cabernet Sauvignon and Malbec. We were graced with outstanding growing conditions that gave way to a wine with pure, focused flavors black cherry, currant, and tobacco, while a mid palate of spice vanilla and mocha linger in layers, all framed with velvet-like, dusty tannins.. It was released in February of 2011.
About Krutz Family Cellars - Philosophy
To offer a sensational portfolio of wines that are true to varietal character, display a single vineyard fingerprint, and have an individual style and un-surpassed quality you can taste.We start, of course, with identifying and sourcing some of the most prestigious and sought after vineyards in the state of California. While the wines start with us – as we guide them with a light hand throughout their production – we want you to be able to experience our philosophy in them once they leave our hands.
