Arnot-Roberts Cabernet Sauvignon Fellom Ranch Santa Cruz 2021 (750ml)

VINTAGE: 2021 COUNTRY: USA REGION: California APPELLATION: Santa Cruz WINE TYPE: Red VARIETALS: Cabernet Sauvignon VINEYARD: Fellom Ranch Vineyard-Santa Cruz SOIL: Franciscan series + Limestone VITICULTURE: Sustainable VINIFICATION: 30% whole-cluster, native yeast primary + secondary fermentation. AGING: 22 months in 40% new French Oak PRODUCTION: 6.5 barrels or approximately 162 cases produced. NOTES: 34 year old vines grown in Franciscan shale and sandy loam over limestone at 2,200’ in the Santa Cruz Mountains at the top of Montebello Road above Cupertino. Fermented 30% whole cluster with native yeast, and basket pressed to 33% new French oak barrels for 22 months. 5 barrels produced. The 2021 Fellom Ranch is a rich, demonstrative wine. Sage, lavender, bay leaf, black cherry and dried herbs abound. Firm, substantial tannins will need time to settle down. Tiny juice yields and thick skins produced an especially potent, old-school Cabernet. Readers will have to be patient. There's real density and substance here.