The Art
Kenwood is proud to present our twenty-first edition of the celebrated Artist Series Cabernet Sauvignon featuring “Klox” by artist Karl Kasten.

Karl Kasten’s collograph, “Klox,” is characteristic of his abstract-expressionistic style, rich in texture and color.  To create the “Klox” image, actual clock parts were embedded into the collograph plates.  Kasten, a renowned printmaker, painter, inventor and educator, developed this method of printing. The method makes possible the printing of a multi-layered image by a single run through the etching press.

Kasten’s work is represented in galleries and museums around the world and has been honored with numerous distinctions, including the Distinguished Artists Award from the California Printmakers Society in 1997.

The Wine
An elegant, intensely-concentrated wine with vibrant, deep color, and aromas of cedar, pepper and cassis, it has rich, complex flavors of blackberry and dark cherry.

The 1995 growing season produced some of the best Cabernet Sauvignon fruit Kenwood has ever had the pleasure to work with. The fruit chosen for the 1995 Artist Series cuvée came predominately from the Lindholm and Montecillo Vineyards, both of which are located at an elevation of about 1,400 feet on the Mayacamas mountain range, bordering the eastern side of Sonoma Valley. Both vineyards are low-yielding, producing less than three tons per acre of intensely-flavored fruit.

After harvest in late October, the grapes were fermented in stainless steel tanks, and the lots were aged separately in small French oak barrels for 24 months. After final blending, the 1995 Artist Series Cabernet Sauvignon spent an additional six months in French oak.  The wine was then further aged for six months in the bottle before being released to the market in the fall of 1999.  This Cabernet will continue to improve with bottle aging, and will be exceptional well into the new millennium.

Aging: 30 months in French oak
Acid/pH: 0.60/3.61    
Alcohol: 13.6%