The fruit for this wine comes from Sonoma’s Russian River Valley’s Bacigalupi Vineyard.  These exceedingly rare old vines produced fruit for the wine that won the 1976 blind tasting in Paris against French Chardonnays.  Chateau Montelena in the movie Bottle Shock was telling the story about this lovely fruit. 

There is a purity and richness to this bottling I absolutely love.  The deep red color is fantastic and is ever so inviting.  This is the widest mélange of fruit and character in the profound Beau Vigne lineup.  This wine lives up to its position of a Reserve.  The nose begins as brooding of black fruit but shortly builds to include lively mountain terroir.  What is “mountain terroir?”  It is the racy and complex array of red fruit that shows itself in higher elevations.  In support of the fruit is warmth from barrel vanillin, espresso ice cream and biscotti center.  The notes of confection on the nose are amazing.  The palate drinks of youth with absolute potential.  Driven by dried herbs, forest and tobacco notes, black berry and black stone fruit surface right through to the front of the palate.  The balance of this wine sits high.  In its youth, it is nervy and complex with a huge future ahead.  The tannins of this mountain based cabernet could use a decade to yield.  The day that time comes, there will be bliss.  But for those who consume this wine at a young age, you will definitely not be disappointed.  Cellared well, this wine should survive and drink well into its late teens or even twenties (+2028). 100% Cabernet Sauvignon