2005 CONCERTO
NAPA Valley
Beckstoffer  To Kalon Vineyard
CABERNET SAUVIGNON


Hand crafted by Kitchak Cellars and wine maker Kian Tavakoli, Kitchak Cellar's CONCERTO is our most passionate and rewarding effort. It brilliantly exploits the  Cabernet Sauvignon grapes from Beckstoffer's To Kalon Vineyard, America's most notable Cabernet vineyard and the source of many of Napa's impossible-to-find "Cult Cabs".  After a superb growing season characterized by warm sunny days and cool nights, the grapes were hand picked into small bins on October 29, 2005. The grapes were immediately hand sorted, then crushed, cold soaked and fermented with a period of extended maceration. The wine was aged for thirty months in 100% new French oak barrels and then bottle aged for an additional year. This robust, well balanced Cabernet with intense ripe blackberry notes, will drink well now or age gracefully for twenty or more years. This extraordinary, very limited production Cabernet is unfined and unfiltered; expect reasonable sediment.

Harvest Date           October 29, 2005

Bottle Date             April 24, 2008
Release Date          April 15, 2009

Grape AVA             Oakville,   Napa Valley, CA

Alcohol                   14.5%
Brix at Harvest         26.0
TA                          .40
PH                          3.83


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