Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon

The Wine

Inky, deep purple in color, the 2003 Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon is redolent of ripe black cherry, dark plum, cassis, cola, chocolate, and leather. The lush palate is concentrated with flavors of blackberry, clove, black cherry, and sweet oak leading to a long, lingering finish.

The 2003 Vintage

This topsy-turvy vintage featured a warm, late winter, cool, wet-spring; seasonally temperate summer and several late September heat spikes. Classic autumn weather in October extended harvest by several weeks, enabling us to pick our Cabernet Sauvignon grapes with an excellent balance of ripe fruit flavors and healthy acidity.

Food Affinities

Pair with the finest cuts of full-flavored beef, lamb and game, especially dishes incorporating the complementary flavors of thyme, peppercorns and caramelized onions.

Our Estate Vineyard

Our 2003 Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon represents a blend of grapes from our two Oak Knoll District of Napa Valley estate vineyards. Planted in dry, rocky soils, our Hillspring vineyard’s vines yield wines with intense, spicy fruit aromas and flavors, while our Main Ranch’s valley floor vines, planted in richer, alluvial soils, produce wines with bright fruit and a velvety texture.

About Trefethen

In 1968, our family purchased seven farms surrounding a magnificent, but run-down, 19th-century winery in southern Napa Valley and created Trefethen Family Vineyards. At the time, there were fewer than 30 working wineries in Napa Valley. True to our original vision of creating a classic wine estate, we have never purchased a single outside grape. Instead, we lavish extraordinary care on our two sustainably farmed estate vineyards in the Oak Knoll District of Napa Valley. Controlling all viticultural practices allows us to produce grapes with pure, intense flavors beautifully reflecting our unique terroir.