50 Acre Ranch Cabernet Sauvignon 750 ML

Powerful modern reds with the ability to age. A typically New World style of wine characterized by ripe fruit, firm tannins and massive popularity.\n \n Producer Information\n \n Nestled in the heart of the St. Helena Appellation sits Titus Vineyards’ 50 acre Ranch Estate. This picturesque property sprawls along the base of Howell Mountain, with the Silverado Trail on its Eastern border and the Napa River to its West. Views of the Mayacamus range and Mt. St. Helena are breathtaking at any time of year, most especially from the sun porch of the original 1910 ranch house, for which the estate is aptly named. When the Titus family purchased the Ranch in 1968 it had already been producing grapes for better than 60 years, along with other fruits, nuts and hay. The original vines of long-since-forgotten varietals like Mondeuce, Burger, and Golden Chasselas were dry-farmed and healthy and were being sold to classic Napa wineries like Beaulieu, Charles Krug, and Cuvaison. But the hot up-valley climate and the site's soils, made up of a mixture of dusty clay, sand, and river loam, were more suited to Bordeaux varietals and hearty Zinfandel. Replanting commenced, and by the mid 70’s the first replant was complete. The Titus family had joined other grape growers and winemakers in shifting the focus of Napa winemaking away from the jug-wines of the 50’s and 60’s to the production of the high-quality Cabernet Sauvignon wines which Napa Valley is famous for today.