It is in a Burg bottle- Both a nod to the predominantly Pinot / Chard area (Fort Ross / Seaview) and an physical indication that the wine is pretty different than most CA Cab.
I drank the A-R '11 Trousseau this summer, I have to say I like these a lot with a few years of bottle age.
When I opened one that was newly bottled my thought was this is a nice wine, but not spectacular. A couple years of bottle age made it a near wow experience.
Drew you a boxing guy? This Enfield is like Bob Foster, The Deputy Sheriff. Almost all only recall Foster getting KO’ed by Frazier in 1970 and Ali in 72, but he defended the lightheavyweight championship fourteen times!
Foster had all the tools: power, precision, stamina, good chin, but he couldn’t match legendary heavyweights. I’d liken Enfield Ft Ross Seaview Cab Sav to Foster as the wine is lithe and graceful but with ample power. I’d never match this wine against a Schrader or Maybach but I think you can appreciate both as great.
I have loved their Trouseaus, but the latest vintage has me a bit perplexed. Have you tried it? Its significantly lighter in style to me than the two prior vintages. Not a bad wine, but not what I was expecting.
Thanks for the kind words Glenn, I opened a 12 during harvest for the interns and the wine has turned a nice corner.
For those who were curious, the first couple vintages of the Cab were bottled in burgundy shaped glass mainly for logistical reasons on such a small lot. It would have been quite a bit of extra expense to pass on to consumers. Once the decision was made however I did think in many ways it was, as Hardy said, an effective way to illustrate that this is not your standard California Cabernet.
We will most likely start bottling in Bordeaux glass next vintage.
Yeah John I agree that good things are happening for your 12 Enfield Ft Ross Seaview Cabernet. We will be balancing getting a bottle or two out twenty years and the fact I would not mind another this holiday season!