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2000 Cuvee L
250 cases produced
REQUEST
IMMEDIATELY at $124.95 per bottle at The Wine Consultant**
 Think of Cuvee L as super-charged Lewis
Reserve Cabernet. Red wine at red-line.
First created from the 1997 vintage, the single best
barrels from our finest lots fuel this rare and racy wine.
It started with a piece of white chalk. Randy and
Dennis went to the winery on a Saturday afternoon to inventory barrels
for the 1997 Reserve Cabernet. Climbing around the stacks and sampling
randomly, they realized that some barrels were truly extraordinary,
though the blend selections had already been made. This somewhat
startling discovery sent them raving and the challenge to create a wine
of even greater depth and distinction than the Reserve Cabernet was on!
By nightfall - 100 barrels later and with spirits
soaring they had marked the heads of 8 barrels "XX" in white chalk.
Two days later, with their feet back on the ground, Randy and Dennis
returned with Debbie, who confirmed that the "XX" barrels were indeed
outstanding. The 1997 Cuvee L had just received the green flag, and
eighteen months later it received a score of 97 points from Wine
Spectator.
In 2000, for the first time since the 1997 vintage, we
had the components to again qualify for a Cuvee L bottling. From the
finest barrels and single lots of Pritchard Hill and Oakville fruit we
created a blend of 90% Cabernet Sauvignon, 8% Merlot and 2% Cabernet
Franc. Deeply infused with toasty oak and lavish black fruit the 2000
Cuvee L is deliciously ripe and opulent, finishing with supple,
integrated tannins.
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