2002 Cabernet Sauvignon Tychson Hill
00
2022 - 2025
Subscriber Access Only
or Sign Up
You'll Find The Article Name Here
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Integer vitae aliquam odio. Aliquam purus diam, tempor et consectetur vitae, eleifend ac quam. Proin nec mauris ac odio iaculis semper. Integer posuere pharetra aliquet. Nullam tincidunt sagittis est in maximus. Donec sem orci, vulputate ac quam non, consectetur fermentum diam. In dignissim magna id orci dignissim convallis. Integer sit amet placerat dui. Aliquam pharetra ornare nulla at vulputate. Sed dictum, mi eget fringilla lacinia, nisl tortor condimentum mi, vitae ultrices quam diam ac neque. Donec hendrerit vulputate felis, fringilla varius massa.
- By Author Name on Month Date, Year
00
2015 - 2030
Subscriber Access Only
or Sign Up
You'll Find The Article Name Here
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Integer vitae aliquam odio. Aliquam purus diam, tempor et consectetur vitae, eleifend ac quam. Proin nec mauris ac odio iaculis semper. Integer posuere pharetra aliquet. Nullam tincidunt sagittis est in maximus. Donec sem orci, vulputate ac quam non, consectetur fermentum diam. In dignissim magna id orci dignissim convallis. Integer sit amet placerat dui. Aliquam pharetra ornare nulla at vulputate. Sed dictum, mi eget fringilla lacinia, nisl tortor condimentum mi, vitae ultrices quam diam ac neque. Donec hendrerit vulputate felis, fringilla varius massa.
- By Author Name on Month Date, Year
This wine was tasted as part of Colgin Cabernet Sauvignon Tychson Hill – A Complete Retrospective: 2000-2012
00
Subscriber Access Only
or Sign Up
You'll Find The Article Name Here
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Integer vitae aliquam odio. Aliquam purus diam, tempor et consectetur vitae, eleifend ac quam. Proin nec mauris ac odio iaculis semper. Integer posuere pharetra aliquet. Nullam tincidunt sagittis est in maximus. Donec sem orci, vulputate ac quam non, consectetur fermentum diam. In dignissim magna id orci dignissim convallis. Integer sit amet placerat dui. Aliquam pharetra ornare nulla at vulputate. Sed dictum, mi eget fringilla lacinia, nisl tortor condimentum mi, vitae ultrices quam diam ac neque. Donec hendrerit vulputate felis, fringilla varius massa.
- By Author Name on Month Date, Year
"The longer the 2003s stayed in the tank, the sweeter they got," noted winemaker Mark Aubert."The phenolic material was there in the first place but the wines just kept getting better and better, not to mention darker."Total maceration times for the outsized cabernet-based wines of Ann Colgin and Joe Wender are now between 50 and 60 days.As of the beginning of March, the young 2003s had not yet been racked, and Aubert anticipated racking them only in preparation for the bottling, as he did with the 2002s.My early look at the 2003s suggests that they will be more tannic and oaky than the 2002s, but it's entirely possible that some of their woodiness will be absorbed during their final months of elevage.Aubert noted that the 2002s possess a somewhat cooler fruit character and show less evidence of surmaturite than the 2003s despite their thoroughly ripe tannins.These are some of California's richest and most massive red wines.
00
Subscriber Access Only
or Sign Up
You'll Find The Article Name Here
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Integer vitae aliquam odio. Aliquam purus diam, tempor et consectetur vitae, eleifend ac quam. Proin nec mauris ac odio iaculis semper. Integer posuere pharetra aliquet. Nullam tincidunt sagittis est in maximus. Donec sem orci, vulputate ac quam non, consectetur fermentum diam. In dignissim magna id orci dignissim convallis. Integer sit amet placerat dui. Aliquam pharetra ornare nulla at vulputate. Sed dictum, mi eget fringilla lacinia, nisl tortor condimentum mi, vitae ultrices quam diam ac neque. Donec hendrerit vulputate felis, fringilla varius massa.
- By Author Name on Month Date, Year
Ann Colgin and husband Joe Wender purchased this property from the David Arthur family on a hilltop above Lake Hennessey in 1998 and planted syrah and Bordeaux red varieties in 2000.Winemaker Mark Aubert describes the soil as "thin and austere, about 60% rocks."Barrel tastings of the 2002 wines from these vines suggest that this site will be the source of great wines from the outset. The Colgin reds have very high alcohol and high pHs-in the neighborhood of 4.0 for the 2001s and 2002s. They should be knockouts in their youth but should also age well based on their huge concentration and tannin levels. (I suspect, however, that many Colgin wanabees without the requisite extract and tannic support will lose their fruit and fall on their faces in a much shorter time frame, especially where cellar temperatures are not sufficiently low and care is not paid to sulfur levels at bottling.)The Colgin 2001s remained on their skins for 40 to 50 days, and the 2002s for 55 days, with a total of about 30 pumpovers per vat. These wines are some of the North Coast's most flamboyantly rich examples.
00
Subscriber Access Only
or Sign Up
You'll Find The Article Name Here
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Integer vitae aliquam odio. Aliquam purus diam, tempor et consectetur vitae, eleifend ac quam. Proin nec mauris ac odio iaculis semper. Integer posuere pharetra aliquet. Nullam tincidunt sagittis est in maximus. Donec sem orci, vulputate ac quam non, consectetur fermentum diam. In dignissim magna id orci dignissim convallis. Integer sit amet placerat dui. Aliquam pharetra ornare nulla at vulputate. Sed dictum, mi eget fringilla lacinia, nisl tortor condimentum mi, vitae ultrices quam diam ac neque. Donec hendrerit vulputate felis, fringilla varius massa.
- By Author Name on Month Date, Year
Winemaker Mark Aubert compared the Colgin 2001s to the legendary '47s and '61s made in Bordeaux, and was confident that this crop of Colgin wines would go on for decades in bottle. Ordinarily, I would take such statements with a grain of salt, but there's no arguing with these wines' extraordinary material. My tasting ended with a look at two lots of 2002 cabernet sauvignon from the new planting around the winery, on rocky, volcanic soil above Lake Hennessey at an altitude of 1,200 to 1,400 feet. Both offered near-exotic creaminess and sweetness, with varietally accurate cassis, currant leaf and tobacco aromas and flavors complicated by an element of iron. And, finally, there was an early taste of the estate's first - and highly promising - essay into syrah (see the note below). Ann Colgin was worried about whether the introduction of a syrah would muddy the winery's image as a top cabernet producer, but this is a problem most producers would like to have. Alain Raynaud, owner of Chateau Quinault in St. Emilion and former president of Bordeaux's Union des Grands Crus, is now consulting here.
Social
© 2025 Vinous Media LLC · Privacy · Terms & Conditions