Ramspeck Releases
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Timing is Everything! The strategy for 2002 was simple: to manage the vines so that a crop was grown in balance with the climate of that year. With hot weather expediting ripening, I took immediate action by doing nothing! What … no fruit to drop? No …No fruit to drop yet! Timing is crucial, my wife Linda always tells me. We waited for the heat to pass using the extra fruit to slow down the ripening process. Then once we had returned to our typical cool night and warm days we cluster profiled and dropped the yield back to 3 tons per acre. Besides reducing crop, we also worked at exposing 100% of the fruit to the sun by plucking off all of the leaves within, above and below the cluster. We also made countless passes through the vineyard removing unwanted, fruitless shoots that could shade the crop. The Alexander
Valley fruit has proved to be yet again a great addition to the
Napa Valley cabernet giving a diverse range of dark black cherry
fruits that compliment the ripe blackberry anise character of
the Napa fruit. . |
2002 |
Yield: |
3 tons per acre |
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Vineyard Data: |
Vertical trellis with leafing around clusters for extra color & flavor |
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Yeast:
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40% wild yeast, 60% cultivated Bordeaux yeast |
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Time on Skins: |
28 days on skins. |
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Fermentation Type: |
48 hour cold soak, 100% Whole berry co-fermentation of varietes. |
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Cooperage: |
50% New oak, 50% 1-2y.o. blend of French and American oak. |
| Cabernet Sauvignon 75%, Cabernet Franc 16 %, Merlot 9% | |
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Clarification: |
Lightly fined |
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Vineyard Locations:
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Napa Valley 51%, Alexander Valley 49% |
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Case Production: |
1,950 |
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Release Date: |
January 1, 2004 |
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