Name: Dancing Crow - Cabernet Kelsy's Bench
SKU: 2880891
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Dancing Crow – Cabernet Kelsy’s Bench

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USA - CA

Lake County

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Red

The Facts

UPCs 2022 (750ml) - 0 40232 33304 0

Origins USA - CA > Lake County > Kelsey Bench

Appellation Kelsey Bench

Varietal Cabernet Sauvignon

Cepage 100% Cabernet Sauvignon

Winemaking Harvest was a mixture of nighttime hand picking along with some machine harvesting. The grapes were picked at night to preserve freshness, while utilizing a relatively cool fermentation to boost the floral and bright red fruit traits. We conducted ML with French and Hungarian oak to promote integration.

Markets Texas

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The Character

Overall Dark & spicy

Aromas Sweet plums and pepper, black plum, all-spice, cassis

Mouthfeel Balanced & refined

Tasting Notes On the nose, you are met by sweet plums and pepper. The flavors leap out at you with black plum, all-spice, cassis and a touch of poblano chili in Adobo sauce. The pyrazines are well-developed and give the wine an additional savory red-chili aroma. That palate is not heavy at all, but balanced and refined, showing great acidity and freshness with a healthy dose of tannin. This wine will age very well.

Awards 93pts Wine Enthusiast

The Story

The terroir of our 20-acre Old Stake 1901 property in the Kelsey Bench AVA is ideal for Cabernet with its elevation, volcanic deposits, and cool afternoon winds. The Kelsey Bench AVA in Lake County was originally a pyroclastic flow from over ten thousand years ago and is a transition point between the volcanic Mayacamas Mountains to the west and the alluvial flood plain of the Clear Lake basin to the east. The soils in the vineyard reflect this intersection, offering mildly rocky, red volcanic elements mixed with alluvial loams. The vineyards sit between 1,350 and 1,450 ft., and this elevation, along with the cooling effects of the lake and nearby mountains, create 50°F diurnal temperature swings that produce wine of ideal acidity, sturdy tannin structure and complex fruit characteristics.

About Dancing Crow

Producer Story

One cool, Spring day in the shadow of Mt. Konocti, a family came to lay out their vineyard using straw to mark the vines. While feasting during their midday lunch they saw a murder of crows dancing around the straw, which made them laugh. Yet, when they looked again, the crows and the straw were gone. The family learned two things that day: be wary of dancing crows, and what to name their vineyard.

Producer Story

One cool, Spring day in the shadow of Mt. Konocti, a family came to lay out their vineyard using straw to mark the vines. While feasting during their midday lunch they saw a murder of crows dancing around the straw, which made them laugh. Yet, when they looked again, the crows and the straw were gone. The family learned two things that day: be wary of dancing crows, and what to name their vineyard.