Description
I assume the 2012 Proprietary Red Vintage Reserve comes from the winery’s finest lots. It is no wimpy wine at 14.9% natural alcohol and appears to be made from Bordeaux varietals. It demonstrates that like Napa, Sonoma can also make exquisite, full-throttle, multidimensional, big, rich red wines. This dense purple-colored effort possesses oodles of blackberry and cassis fruit, hints of charcoal and background oak, attractive glycerin and a full-bodied opulence. It is still primary, but offers beautiful purity, density and full-bodied power. Give it another 1-2 years to develop additional nuances, and drink it over the next two decades
Wine Profile:
| Vintage: | 2012 | 
| Wine Type: | Red Wine | 
| Varietal: | Cabernet Sauvignon | 
| Varietal Composition: | |
| 85% | Cabernet Sauvignon | 
| 11% | Cabernet Franc | 
| 3% | Petit Verdot | 
| 1% | Malbec | 
| Appellation: | Sonoma Valley | 
| Acid: | TA 0.59g/100ml | 
| PH: | 3.8 | 
| Barrel Aging: | |
| 20 months | |
| 100% | French Oak | 
| 65% | New | 
| Alcohol %: | 14.9 | 
The Vintage Reserve represents the pinnacle of what Gundlach Bundschu produces each year. In 2012, Mother Nature blessed us with an exemplary growing year for great Bordeaux-style wines on Rhinefarm. A little more feminine and finesse driven than some of her peers to the east, the 2012 Vintage Reserve is a powerful Cabernet Sauvignon-based wine that provides the muscle you would expect from a flagship wine with the elegance, polish and refinement that can only come from a cool climate. Bold, seductive aromas waft out of the glass to greet the olfactory receptors with chocolate-covered blueberries and beautiful notes of violets and lavender, intermingled with the warm aromatic
Additional information
| Weight | 5 lbs | 
|---|---|
| Dimensions | 12 × 4 × 4 in | 
| Product Code | 69-03-4 | 
| Condition | Properly Cellar; Distinguished Provenance | 
| Size | 750 ml | 
| Region | California, North Coast, Sonoma | 
| Vintage | 2012 | 
| Country | USA | 
| Producer | 





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