2020 Sierra Bonita Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon

Sometime around 2012 or 2013, we snuck away from a wine festival booth and tasted Sierra Bonita Vineyard’s Cabernet Sauvignon for the first time. We were blown away – thinking it might have been some of the best AZ Cab we had tasted up to that point (and quite possibly beyond). Since then, we’d been curious about this little vineyard – one of only a few situated north of Willcox in Graham County. This is now our third vintage working with this Cab Sauv, which has more intense notes of green spice and a more focused and intense fruit than some of its counterparts from warmer areas in Cochise County. We fermented these grapes approximately 13% whole-cluster to add tannin, weight to the palate and additional notes of spice. Only two barrels produced.