$250.00
A dark red and purple hued wine with classic Rutherford aromatics of fragrant blackberry, black pepper, dusty cocoa powder, tobacco, dried blueberry, and violets. The wine is plush and nuanced on the palate with black plum, blackberry, anise, and espresso notes that linger to the long, pleasing finish. The 2019 RU3 is firmly structured and concentrated with layers of elegant texture and fine-grained tannins for long-term aging.
The fruit was hand-harvested in the cool morning hours and brought to the winery. Clusters were sorted using a double sorting system. First, the clusters were sorted by hand, then run through a small de-stemmer before individual berry sorting to ensure the ideal grapes were chosen. These berries were delivered to a fermenter where there was a period of resting. Warm fermentation temperatures were encouraged along with gentle cap maceration to achieve the desired color and structure before an extended maceration time on skins. The wine was transferred directly to barrel for 19 months of maturation.
Seventy eight percent of the blend was fermented in wood, forty four percent was fermented in small French oak tanks, thirty three percent was fermented in French oak barrels to add layers of complexity.
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