Peterson Winery
2010 2-4-6 Cabernet Sauvignon
Cabernet Sauvignon
California: Dry Creek Valley
Mission Briefing
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As evidenced by today’s delicious offering, 2010 is shaping up to be a brilliant year for California Cabernet Sauvignon.
Our friends at Peterson Winery gave us special early access to their 2010 2-4-6 Cabernet Sauvignon, a wine so-named for its limited 246 case production. From its generous nose to the lush palate, this wine really embodies the essence of Dry Creek Valley Cabernet.
In the 6 years that we’ve been showcasing their wines, Peterson Winery has become one of our very favorites. In fact, it is difficult to find a winery whom we have featured with more frequency. Fred Peterson (grower) and Jamie Peterson (Fred’s son and winemaker) make a formidable team, crafting wines that are so consistently delicious and superb.
Drinking beautifully, now, we’d also recommend that you hold a few bottles for the next several years. This wine will continue to improve and evolve. Decant today’s delicious Cabernet for optimal results.
Tasting Profile
| Look: | Dark and foreboding with beautiful dark cherry juice hues. A weightiness in the glass gives clues to what is to come on the palate. |
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| Smell: | Quintessential Cabernet with cassis, leather, plum, dried herbs, steeped Bing cherry, cola, oak and soft cedar notes. |
| Taste: | Flavors almost perfectly mirror the nose, with the added delightful flavors of blackberry and blueberry compote. |
| Finish: | Exceptionally long with plush tannin and pronounced juicy, dark fruits that slowly give way to subtle spice. |
| Pairing: | This wine begs to be paired with a bone-in ribeye syteak with a dollop of bleu cheese. Serve on a sizzling plate and you’ll be the hero of the evening. |
What the Winery Says
Tasting Notes
The complex nose releases layers of dark, ripe fruit with hints of dried herbs, eucalyptus and forest floor with just a whisper of floral. A full, round entry reveals lush black cherry, plum and currant wrapped in spicy cedar and a mineral essence. Chewy tannins appear midpalate along with note of fine herbs, dried strawberry, tobacco and a hint of cocoa.
This savory Cab will pair beautifully with classic dishes like Beef Wellington, as well as weekday fare such as Shepherd’s pie or your favorite stew.
Jamie Peterson’s Vintaged View & Vineyard Notes
By blending grapes from selected blocks in two prime Northern Dry Creek Valley hillside vineyards, we produced this easy-going style of Cabernet Sauvignon. Made in the same manner as our mountain Cabernet, but aged in older, more neutral barrels, this is a haveyour-cake and eat-it-too wine. With ample acidity, balanced tannin and moderate alcohol, this Cabernet should cellar well for 6-8 years and develop beautiful bottle bouquet to complement the fruit forward quality that makes it so delicious in its youth.
Technical Data
- Composition
- 100% Cabernet Sauvignon
- Appellation
- Dry Creek Valley, Sonoma County
- Harvest Dates
- Sept. 29, Oct. 4 & 8
- Alcohol
- 13.8%
- pH
- 3.7
- TA
- 0.64g/100ml
- Barrel Aging
- 22 months
- Type of Oak
- 100% neutral, 4-8 year-old French oak barrels
- Bottled
- July 18, 2012 (unfined & unfiltered)
- Production
- 246 cases
- Release Date
- January 2013
2010 2 • 4 • 6 CAB Dry Creek Valley
About the Winery
Peterson Winery is located on Dry Creek Road just north of Healdsburg, in the famous Dry Creek Valley of Sonoma County, California. For those of you who aren’t familiar with the geography of Northern California, Healdsburg and the Dry Creek Valley are about 75 miles north of San Francisco, and 15 miles from the Pacific Ocean coastline.
Peterson Winery grew out of the vineyards that now supply it with grapes. That may seem unusual, but our background is not just in winemaking, but also in grape growing, or viticulture. For us, making great wine is about the grapes – where and how they were grown, what the weather conditions were, and how the vineyards were managed during the growing season.