
2016 Langtry Old Soldier Road Proprietary Red, Lake County
Winemaker Notes
Our 2016 Langtry Old Soldier Road Proprietary Red wine is
barrel selected from the highest quality fruit grown on our
acclaimed hillside vineyard. The vineyard produces low yields of
perfectly mature, intensely concentrated fruit. One the nose the
2016 vintage displays aromas of chocolate covered cherries and
leather, with notes of oak and whiskey lactones. On the palate,
the Old Soldier is fruit forward with flavors of black cherries
that evolve to blue fruit, with hints of leather and earthy notes,
powerful tannins with a finish of rhubarb and tobacco.
Composition
87% Cabernet Sauvignon, 10% Petite Syrah,
3% Merlot
Wine Specs
Vintage
2016
Varietal
Red Blends
Appellation
Lake County
Acid
7.3 g/L
pH
3.72
Aging
22 months in French and American Oak Barrels (50% new)
Alcohol %
14.5
Vineyard Notes
The high elevation Tephra Ridge Vineyard is the winery’s
premier vineyard site. Perched on the north foothill of Howell
Mountain above the Guenoc Valley, the 35-acre Tephra Ridge
Vineyard has thin, gravelly loam volcanic soils that typify the
finest Bordeaux variety sites.
Production
Only 186 cases produced