Winemaker’s Notes
A dark, inky hued wine with fragrant aromas of blueberry, plum, violets, black olive, dark chocolate and a hint of clove. The tannins are firm yet balanced with textural refinement. Flavors of ripe blackberry, dried black plum, toasty oak nuance, graphite and pepper spice complete the lingering finish of this densely structured wine.
Winemaking
The fruit was hand-harvested in the cool morning hours and brought to the winery in half-ton bins. The clusters were sorted using a double sorting system, first sorted by hand. The fruit then ran through a small de-stemmer before the individual berries were sorted to ensure that the ideal grapes were chosen. These berries were delivered to a fermenter where there was a period of resting on skins. Warm fermentation temperatures were encouraged along with gentle cap maceration to achieve the desired color and structure for the wine before an extended maceration time on skins prior to final pressing. The wine was transferred directly to barrel for 18 months of maturation.