2009 Cabernet Sauvignon (Russian River Valley)

Wine Details
Producer

Dehlinger

Place of Origin

United States

Russian River Valley

Sonoma

Color

Red

Grape/Blend

Cabernet Sauvignon

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Tom Dehlinger told me that he thinks that dry-farming is important if you're making wines to age. "It seems that too much irrigation, or rainfall for that matter, hurts the integrity of the fruit tannins and the wines' structure is compromised," he explained. That said, he admitted that 2009 was a year when irrigation would have come in handy. Yields for his pinot came in at under two tons per acre, he told me, "which explains their intensity and depth."