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Cakebread Cellars Wine Descriptions: 2009 Dancing Bear Ranch
2009 Dancing Bear Ranch
Howell Mountain, Napa Valley

 

Jefferson Cup

The 13th annual Jefferson Cup Invitational Competition was just held November 18, 2012, and the judges have announced our 2009 Dancing Bear Ranch Cabernet Sauvignon winner of a Jefferson Cup. The Jefferson Cup is a different sort of wine competition, in that it is an invitational in which over seven hundred wines are pre-selected which exemplify viticulture and wine making in America.

Cakebread Cellars is honored to receive this award!

 

SDIWC

The 30th Annual San Diego International Wine Competition just held, has announced our Dancing Bear Ranch on Howell Mountain Cabernet Sauvignon was awarded a gold medal!

2009 Dancing Bear Ranch

Grape Variety:
94% Cabernet Sauvignon, 6% Cabernet Franc

Vineyards:
100% Dancing Bear Ranch, Estate Howell Mountain, Napa Valley

Alcohol content:
15.1%

Total acidity:
0.73g/100ml

Fermentation:
Stainless Steel

pH: 3.77

Barrel aging:
20 months in French oak
, 41% new

Harvest Dates: October 2-5, 2009

Winemaker:
Julianne Laks