Nose
Smashed boysenberry, baking-spice and cracked peppercorn aromas converge for a vibrant nose on this single-vineyard expression.
Palate
There is plenty of pepper spice on the palate, along with black raspberry, lavender and a slightly nutty tone of cashew brittle.
Growing Conditions
The 21-year-old Mourvèdre vines at Glenrose Vineyard are some of the most mature in west Paso, and every year this wine continues to develop more complexity as the roots reach deeper into the limestone.
There are two Mourvèdre plantings on the summit at Glenrose, and we are lucky to have three terraces on both the upper and lower blocks. The upper block at 1,800 feet elevation brings the intense fruit to this wine, as well as very fresh acidity. The lower block at 1,300 feet receives less sunshine and therefore yields a wine with intense minerality and very chalky tannins that have a crushed-rock note on the palate.
Harvest
The upper and lower blocks were both picked on October 5th and fermented separately.
Bottling
The wine was bottled on January 14th.
Winemaking
As is custom, we blend the two together in various percentages every year to make a wine that has incredible freshness but also a distinct sense of place. All of the fruit was fermented 100% whole cluster in 1.5-ton bins and managed with punch downs twice a day. During blending, Ryan selected the three best barrels from each block as the final blend for our flagship Mourvèdre.
Aging
After fourteen months in neutral French oak barrels.
