Scarecrow, Cabernet Sauvignon Vintage:2017 the wine has moderate weight

the wine has moderate weight and sweet fruit in the nose and on the attack

Andrea Franchetti remembers walking through the vineyards and hearing the crackling sound of leaves as they disintegrated in the dry weather

It fermented with indigenous yeasts for four to five weeks

this is a wine to lay down

Scarecrow, Cabernet Sauvignon Vintage:2017 the wine has moderate weightAged 15 months in 80% new French oak before blending, then a further 6 months before bottling without fining or filtration. 2000 cases produced. Winemaker Celia Welch. Bret Lopez and Mimi DeBlasio created Scarecrow in 2002 after Lopez bought a vineyard first planted in 1945 within the J J Cohn Estate. The mere 2 acres of head pruned, dry farmed vines on the Rutherford Bench remain the foundation of the wines produced here. Deep ruby colour. Intense,