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Tucked behind the Komes Ranch on the northwestern edge of the Rutherford appellation is the Hillside Reserve Vineyard. This benchland site sweeps dramatically up the hillside, bordering an ancient creek and wrapping around the natural springs that give our winery its name. The Hillside Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon, sourced from Block J on the vineyard’s steep slope, was the first Cabernet that was bottled on its own.
Tasting Notes
Rutherford Hillside Reserve is a bold, ripe and concentrated wine exhibiting a veritable cornucopia of red, blue and black fruits – red plum, wild blueberry, ripe blackberry and warm cassis play equal roles. Secondary flavors of wild sage, wood smoke and chaparral appear on the mid-palate along with plush notes of vanilla and brown spice from aging in predominantly French oak barrels. This is a highly polished Cabernet, full-bodied and extremely well balanced, with firm yet silky tannins that promise both immediate drinking pleasure and long term aging potential.
Rutherford Cabernets
Cabernet Sauvignon from Rutherford holds a near-mythic reputation because of its perfect harmony of power, elegance, and earth-driven complexity — qualities that stem from a confluence of geology, microclimate, and vine age that few regions can match. Rutherford’s fame begins with its soils — ancient alluvial fans built from eroded volcanic rock and gravel that spill down from the Mayacamas Mountains. These well-drained, gravelly loams force the vines to dig deep, yielding small, concentrated berries and wines known for their hallmark “Rutherford Dust” character: a powdery, cocoa-like tannin texture with hints of graphite, cedar, and warm earth.
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