Jericho Canyon · Calistoga
Cabernet Sauvignon
The recovered cellar workbook confirms a sixth wine record for 2021: a Jericho Canyon Cabernet kept in separate BDX and D254 lots, followed through barrel aging and bench trials, and ultimately recorded as part of a 2021–2022 blend.
Wine highlights
01 / Progress
The wine,
step by step.
- Harvest0.8 ton
Jericho Canyon Cabernet enters the cellar
The lot began with 1,600 pounds of Jericho Canyon fruit and a projected volume of roughly 112 gallons.
- FermentationTwo yeast paths
BDX and D254 kept distinct
The Cabernet was followed as separate BDX and D254 fermentations so their development could be compared before blending.
- PressLots retained
Pressed into separate cellar lots
The press record preserves multiple vessels rather than collapsing the vintage immediately into one blend.
- ÉlevageExtended record
Barrel tracking becomes a blending record
The workbook follows the lots through barrel checks, topping, and comparative trials into 2023.
- Blend40 / 60
A multi-vintage role is documented
The final surviving entry records a blend of 40% 2021 Cabernet and 60% 2022 Cabernet.
02 / Tasting record · Recovered cellar record
“A vintage can matter even when its final role is in the blend.”
The 2021 Cabernet expands the archive without pretending it was necessarily a standalone bottling. Its importance is the disciplined lot separation and the later decision to use it as a multi-vintage component.
Wine profile
- Method
- Separate yeast and vessel lots
- Source
- Jericho Canyon
- Final role
- Multi-vintage blending component
03 / Notes
What stays
in the record.
Why this page was added
The original public archive listed five wines for 2021. The detailed test workbook adds a sixth record: Jericho Canyon Cabernet Sauvignon, harvested October 8 and managed as separate BDX and D254 lots.
What can be said confidently
The cellar record supports the fruit source, harvest date, scale, yeast split, vessel history, and later 40% 2021 / 60% 2022 blending entry.
What it does not yet prove is a separate 2021 bottling. This page therefore preserves the vintage as a completed component-lot record, not an invented label.