Kitchak Cellers 2005 Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon from Beckstoffer's TOKALON Vineyard


Hand crafted by Kitchak Cellars and wine maker Kian Tavakoli, Kitchak Cellar's Napa Valley Reserve is our most passionate and rewarding effort. It brilliantly exploits the  Cabernet Sauvignon grapes from Beckstoffer's TOKALON 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   
Release Date         October, 2208

Grape AVA            Oakville

<>                             Napa, CA
Alcohol                 14.5%
Brix at Harvest     26.0
TA                      .40
PH                      3.83