**RAFFLE ITEM - NO BIDDING**

For Tortuga Vineyards, 2009 was a classic, nearly-textbook growing season of warm, sunny days and cool, foggy nights punctuated by a couple of brief heat blasts - the perfect recipe for long, flavor-building hangtime and ideal balance of sugar and acid. It was remarkably smooth sailing as they harvested the Cabernet Sauvignon grapes in early October, just before a rare tropical storm blew in on October 13th. The most common themes for the vintage were low yields of small, flavorful berries and excellent flavor maturity at favorable sugar levels. We hope you enjoy.