The heart of many celebrated Sonoma Cabernet bottlings since the 1970’s, Berger Vineyard old-vine Cabernet Sauvignon is grown on the rugged, east-facing slopes of Sonoma Mountain. Naturally low-yielding vines impart intense aromatics and deep concentration while racy acidity and rustic tannins evoke the spirit of the classic wines that built the reputation of California. The gem of Sonoma Mountain, our Berger Cabernet is packed with blackberry, raspberry, and dark fruit notes backed by lilac, lavender, bramble, bay, cacao. Elegant tannins are backed by a long, persistent mineral intensity "

Reviews

94 points, John Gilman, View from the Cellar

“The 2021 from Model Farm comes in at 13.5 percent octane and offers up a superb, old school nose of red and black cherries, tobacco leaf, dark soil tones, cigar smoke, a hint of the spice tones to come with bottle age and a deft framing of new oak. On the palate the wine is deep, full-bodied and beautifully structured, with a rock solid core of fruit, excellent mineral undertow and grip, ripe, firm tannins and excellent focus on the long, nascently complex and impeccably balanced finish. This is a real, classical example of cabernet, with fine soil signature, chewy tannins and the need for many years in the cellar to soften up and blossom into the great glass of wine that is clearly its destiny! We can now add Model Farm to the short list of classic cabernet sauvignon producers crafting wines in the style of the wines from the decades of the 1960s and 1970s that made California famous! 2035-2085."

Vineyard and Cellar Notes

• Planted in 1973 by Fred Berger
• Laurel Glen selection grafted on St. George rootstock
• East-facing slopes of Sonoma Mountain
• Head trained sprawl canopy retains freshness
• Harvested 9/21/21
• Native fermentation in French Oak fermenters
• No additions / enzymes / additives
• Raised 18 months in neutral French oak barrique
• Bottled unfined at 13.5% alc.