Hook & Ladder Cabernet Sauvignon & Merlot (Summer Hold)

6 bottles for $89.99 $15/bottle + $1.33/bottle shipping Case of 12 for $154.99 $12.92/bottle + $1/bottle shipping Tasting notes & discussion 1

This wine will ship in OCTOBER 2025. If you want it ASAP, click here!

Typically $40 - $42/bottle from Hook & Ladder
Vintage 2021 from Chalk Hill
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About Hook & Ladder Vineyards and Winery: “Hook & Ladder Winery continues the legacy of one of Russian River Valley’s most influential wine families. Founded in 2003 by pioneering growers and vintners Cecil and Christine De Loach, and helmed today by their grandson, winemaker Jason De Loach, Hook & Ladder showcases the diversity of the appellation the family helped to define, in a portfolio of limited-production bottling’s from their Russian River Valley estate vineyards. The name Hook & Ladder pays homage to Cecil De Loach’s 17- year career as a San Francisco firefighter.”

Chalk of Chalk Hill

TASTING NOTES:
Cabernet Sauvignon - “Deep garnet color with aromas of vanilla, black cherry, sage and a hint of licorice. This Cabernet Sauvignon displays flavors of dark berry jam, baking spices, cardamom finishing with silky tannins and powdered cocoa.“ (AbV 14.5%, pH 3.45, TA 0.66 g/100mL)

Merlot - “This single vineyard Merlot displays a deep garnet color. Aromas of ripe strawberries and Rabbiteye blueberries give way to caramel and cedar. Chocolate, cola and spice make this finish smooth and memorable.” (AbV 14.5%, pH 3.50, TA 0.62 g/100mL)

VARIETALS: Cabernet Sauvignon is Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot is Merlot.

BARRELS: 20 months in French & American oak, 30% new.

PAIRS WITH: N/A

THAT REMINDS ME OF: Chalk. What is chalk?

Limestone.

Alright, so it’s a specific form of limestone, and limestone is a sedimentary rock made up primarily of calcium carbonate. Chalk is an especially soft and porous version of that. The calcium carbonate that creates the chalk comes primarily from ground up shells, and those shells primarily come from plankton. Coccolithophores, one of the largest contributors, are a phytoplankton that forms a calcium carbonate shell around itself known as a coccosphere.

That isn’t to say you’re writing on a blackboard or the sidewalk with plankton skeletons. Well, sometimes you might be. Whenever it’s colored, though, you can rest assured it’s made from gypsum.

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Hook & Ladder Cabernet Sauvignon & Merlot (Summer Hold)

This wine will ship in OCTOBER 2025. If you want it ASAP, click here!

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