An excellent night of blending that demonstrated the value of trial blending. We tried 8 blends and found 2 that we are very happy with. It is amazing how changing the blend by just a few percent makes all the difference--even when you are cross blending 2 cabernets together.
The final blends:
2009 Riverwoods Cabernet Reserve
- 65% ID Clone 2 Cabernet
- 25% WA Clone 6 Cabernet
- 10% ID Malbec
2009 Riverwoods Washington Cabernet
- 95% WA Clone 6 Cabernet
- 5% ID Malbec (+/- a percent or two)
We can play around with the malbec +/- 2% as we blend the WA Cabernet, to see if we like it better. We liked 5% malbec but didn't like 10% malbec. In past cab reserve blends we have had 2.5%, 5% and 7% malbec.
