Wine

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Come taste some of California's finest cabs with some of the finest members of the Factors team!

There are 6 associated auction items, and the highest bidder for each item will get to attend the wine tasting!

A wine tasting event will be hosted at the Millennium Tower where you can taste the following wines, eat the finest cheeses and get to know Phil Hodges, Josie Smith and Ked Hogan. A description of the wines are as follows:

• Bryant Bettina 2014 - valued at $477               

  The 2014 Proprietary Bettina has a much more saturated purple than the DB4 (I believe all of this comes from purchased fruit from David Abreu’s various vineyards in Napa). Loads of forest floor and graphite, blackberry and blueberry fruit dominate the complex set of aromatics. Like most 2014s, there is a softness and lushness, a full-bodied opulence and a long, long finish. This is impressive and beautifully approachable already, but promises to keep for 12-15 more years.

•  Colgin Cariad  2014 - valued at $450                  

  The 2014 Proprietary Red Cariad, which is dominated by Cabernet Sauvignon but also contains important percentages of Merlot, Cabernet Franc and Petit Verdot, is made from purchased fruit from David Abreu’s vineyard holdings on Howell Mountain and in St. Helena. This wine offers loads of unsmoked cigar tobacco, melted licorice, charcoal embers, blackberry and mulberry fruit, a full-bodied mouthfeel, stunning intensity, impressive equilibrium, and well-integrated acidity and tannin. It is another beauty, obviously coming from first-growth terroirs. This should drink beautifully for 20-25 years.

• Lokoya Diamond Mountain 2014 - valued at $350

  The 2014 Cabernet Sauvignon Diamond Mountain displays the saturated black purple color from this site. Offering an incredible nose of volcanic ash, charcoal embers, blackberry, cassis and spice, dense, superb, full body, and a multi-layered richness, this wine is just sensational. The silky tannins only add to its up-front appeal. Drink it now and over the next 25-30 years.

• Haugen, Ked's Red 2014 - Priceless!

   

                

Item Special Note

Donated By: Ked Hogan