Nose
The complex and mouthwatering nose features blackberry compote, black raspberry and milk chocolate.
Palate
Juicy yet firmly structured with sweet tannins, this focused wine is approachable young yet will evolve gracefully
with time. A complete wine in every way.
Growing Conditions
Vineyards: Pahlmeyer Estate Vineyard, Rancho Chimiles.
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Bottling
Bottled unfined and unfiltered on April 22, 2009.
Winemaking
The clusters were hand-sorted, de-stemmed and the berries were hand-sorted again. After four to five days of
cold maceration, the fruit began 100% native wild yeast fermentation in small open-top fermenters before
being gently pressed and moved to barrel where it finished fermenting.
Aging
The wine aged in 75% new French oak
barrels for eighteen months.
