2003
Jayson Red Wine Napa Valley
“The 2003 Jayson is an intense wine that exhibits aromas and flavors of deep black fruit, dark chocolate and finishes with focused tannins.”
— Erin Green, Winemaker, April 2005
38% Merlot, 50% Cabernet Sauvignon, 6% Cabernet Franc, 4% Petit Verdot, 2% Malbec
- Winemaker
- Erin Green
- Alcohol
- 15.2%
- Harvested Start Date
- September 17, 2003
- Harvested End Date
- October 28, 2003
- Bottled Date
- November 1, 2005
- Release Date
- November 1, 2005
Winemaking Notes
The 2003 Jayson is a “declassification” of the wine originally intended for the Merlot and the Proprietary Red. We do not grow or seek out fruit in order to produce wine for the Jayson label. The 2003 Jayson Red was harvested and vinified in the same manner as the Proprietary Red and the Merlot; the whole berry fruit was from hand picked lots and fermented in short, open-topped stainless steel tanks and cold soaked, using native yeasts. The wine then continued fermentation in 100% new French oak barrels and was bottled neither fined nor filtered.
