Nose
This wine demonstrates striking aromatic amplitude: notes of red fruit, rich cassis, graphite, dried
tobacco leaf and wood smoke burst from the glass.
Palate
This is an expansive wine structured around fine
tannin, almost saline minerality and rich, intense fruit.
Growing Conditions
: 2013 was a phenomenal growing season in just about every way. A warm, dry spring led to
early bud break, limited canopy vigor and berry size, and created ideal conditions through bloom and
fruit set. An abundance of long sunny days, with only one heat spike in early July, resulted in even
ripening and an early harvest with exceptional flavor development. The 2013 vintage offers very high
quality wines that are striking in their balance and expression.
Harvest
Hand-harvested, picked at night.
Bottling
Unfined and unfiltered; bottled June 2015.
Winemaking
Hand-sorted while still cold from the field
Fermented with indigenous yeasts in small closed-top, stainless steel tanks
6-day cold soak, 31 days total maceration
Spontaneous malolactic fermentation in barrels
Gentle pumpovers and delestage
Aging
Aged 20 months in French oak barrels, 100% new.
Coopers: Taransaud, Darnajou, Radoux, Marques, Baron