The Ojai Vineyard, Santa Barbara County, Apricots, Red 2010 REGISTRATION The color is dark ruby-red

The color is dark ruby-red with purple highlights

the soil contains a great deal of angular limestone gravel

it represents a sophistication for a Cabernet Sauvignon that is not easy to find in Napa

Hints of spice box and cassis inform a finish laced with suggestions of Bordeaux’s Left Bank

distillate-like herbal extracts along with ripe fresh strawberry

The Ojai Vineyard, Santa Barbara County, Apricots, Red 2010 REGISTRATION The color is dark ruby-redYou know what apricots are, those small orange fruits that taste amazing, particularly if youve just picked them off a 100 year old dry farmed tree. This wine isnt made from apricots, but the concept for this style of wine originated next to a 100 year old apricot orchard in upper Ojai, the cute little valley thats between here and the city of Santa Paula. Originally, back in the mid 90s, Adam crafted two bottlings of a blend called Apricots. Those