Cade Winery

Tasting Notes:The 2010 vintage on Howell Mountain was a bit cooler than average but still produced wines that are typical of the appellation. This wine has aromas of red cherries, strawberry, brambles, and rose petals. The wine is full bodied with solid structure and tannin and finishes with flavors of cranberry, strawberry jam, allspice, vanilla, clove, coco powder, toasted almonds, and chocolate wafers. - WineryVarietals:90% Cabernet Sauvignon10% MerlotVINEYARD NOTES:The CADE Howell Mountain...

VINEYARD NOTES:In 2015, 37% of the fruit came from our Oakville Estate Vineyard. We also worked with four other growers: Stanley Vineyard in Oak Knoll (16%), Berggruen in St. Helena (29%), Whiskey River Ranch from Pope Valley (11%), and Juliana Vineyard in Pope Valley (7%).FERMENTATION & AGING:Fermentation was carried out in a combination of stainless steel tanks and drums (71%), new French oak barrels (13%), new Acacia oak barrels (3%), neutral French oak barrels (11%), with the balance...

Vineyard notes: In 2020, 21% of the fruit came from our Estate vineyard in Oakville and 17% from the CADE 13th Vineyard on Howell Mountain. We also worked with four other properties: Stanley Vineyard and Shroff in Oak Knoll (30%), Berggruen in St. Helena (21%), and Juliana Vineyard in Pope Valley (11%). The grapes were harvested from August 14th through September 12th, 2020. Fermentation & aging: Fermentation was carried out in a combination of stainless-steel tanks and drums (81%), new French...

Vineyard notes: The CADE Howell Mountain Cabernet Sauvignon is sourced from five vineyards on Howell Mountain, including the CADE Estate Vineyard, 13th Vineyard, Ink Grade Vineyard, Cold Springs, and Eagle Summit. The bountiful 2018 vintage started on September 26th, with fruit from the Ink Grade Vineyard and finished on November 9th with fruit from 13th Vineyard. Fermentation: The majority of the fermentations went through a very short maceration time between 4 and 6 days and hot fermentation...