# Chinese Valentine's Day#
C9P wishes everyone a happy Chinese Valentine's Day！
# Cabernet Gernischt
Chateau Nine Peaks Cabernet Gernischt Collection 2019 is released on this romantic day.
# STORY OF CG 2019 #
100% Cabernet Gernischt,
Only from the CG single vineyard,
Only produced in the best vintage,
Only 13,000 bottles released for 2019
How the wine critics evaluate C9P's CG 2019?
# 93/100 #
The World-renowned wine critic Ian D'Agata's score on C9P's Cabernet Gernischt 2019，93/100.
Medium dark ruby-red, this is noticeably deeper ruby than the 2016 and 2018, all of which are characterized by a brighter red (and to my way of thinking, prettier) color. Intensely floral (violet!) and spicy with very pure aromas and flavors of black and blue fruit complicated by aromatic herbs and an obvious mineral nuance. The finish is long, vibrant and suave, denoting very good fruit-acid-tannin balance. This was macerated for 25 days (longer than the 22 days of previous years), and at higher temperatures as well than was done previously. It was aged in one and two years used 225 litre barrels for 12 months (no new oak).
Ian D'Agata was tasting C9P's CG wines in the winery in April this year.
Harvest
The 2019 vintage was remarkable for being a very dry year, with water stress a real concern in some moments of the year (the Cabernet Gernischt was planted at Chateau Nine Peaks only in 2012); however, Cabernet Gernischt is better suited than Cabernet Sauvignon to dealing with rainy weather (its less compact bunch makes it less prone to rot-associated problems) but the trade-off is that too much rain makes the Gernischt even more vigorous than it already is. Apparently, this vintage's much darker color is the result of the drier year, but in fact it's not the only aspect in which this wine differs from all the other Cabernet Gernischt wines I tried at this estate.
Ian D'Agata was consulting the C9P technicians about the vineyard management.
However, the 2019 is a very good wine.
Drinking window: 2024-2032
In May, Ian D'Agata presented C9P's CG 2019 in the 4th China Wine Summit in Shanghai.
