Cade Winery

VINEYARD NOTES:The CADE Howell Mountain Cabernet Sauvignon is sourced from four Estate vineyards on Howell Mountain, including the CADE Estate Vineyard, Ink Grade Vineyard, Cold Springs, and Eagle Summit. The 2014 vintage was perfect for ripening Howell Mountain Cabernet Sauvignon.FERMENTATION:The majority of the fermentations went through a short maceration time between 8 and 9 days and hot fermentation temperatures, peaking at 92°F. A small portion of the blend was fermented in 500L new...

Vineyard Notes:In 2016, 22% of the fruit came from our Estate vineyard in the Oakville. We also worked with five other growers: Stanley Vineyard in Oak Knoll (22%), Berggruen in St. Helena (21%), LMR Vineyard from Rutherford (16%), Heitz Vineyard in Pope Valley (12%), and Juliana Vineyard in Pope Valley (7%).Fermentation & Aging:Fermentation was carried out in a combination of stainless steel tanks and drums (67%), new French oak barrels (11%), neutral French Oak barrels (19%), with the...

VINEYARD NOTES:The CADE Howell Mountain Cabernet Sauvignon is sourced from four estate vineyards on Howell Mountain, including the CADE Estate Vineyard, Ink Grade Vineyard, Cold Springs, and Eagle Summit. The warm, dry and exceptionally low-yielding 2015 vintage started on September 11th with fruit from the Ink Grade Vineyard and finished on October 5th with fruit from Eagle Summit - marking the earliest end to our harvest on record.FERMENTATION:The majority of the fermentations went through a...