Jericho Canyon · Calistoga
Nightfall Reserve
Cabernet Sauvignon
The more contemplative name given to one of the two 2023 Cabernet tanks. A cool growing season and extended hang time produced forward fruit, a polished finish, and a wine that came together in bottle at 13.3% alcohol.
Wine highlights
01 / Progress
The wine,
step by step.
- Harvest1.3 tons shared
Jericho Canyon fruit after a cool season
The recovered workbook identifies a shared 1.3-ton Jericho Canyon Cabernet lot. The cooler season extended hang time and contributed to a fruit-forward wine with a strong finish.
- LotTank one
Two tanks keep two identities
The 2023 Cabernet was bottled from two tanks. This lot took the darker, more patient Nightfall Reserve name.
- Chemistry13.3%
Moderate alcohol
The finished wine was recorded at 13.3% alcohol.
02 / Tasting record · Bottling record
“Cool-season fruit with a patient, lasting finish.”
Nightfall Reserve captures the quieter side of the two-lot bottling: fruit-forward, polished, and named for slower evenings.
Wine profile
- Fruit
- Forward
- Finish
- Long
- Mood
- Patient · evening · polished
03 / Notes
What stays
in the record.
The naming decision
Nightfall Reserve was chosen as the more reflective and cellar-minded name of the pair. It shares the 2023 season story with Early Pour, but keeps its own bottle record.
Source record recovered
The detailed workbook confirms Jericho Canyon Cabernet Sauvignon, harvested October 12, 2023, with a projected shared cellar volume of roughly 195 gallons. Nightfall Reserve and Early Pour remain separate pages because their two tanks became distinct named bottlings.