Nose
This wine’s brooding aromas of rich crème de cassis, clove, dark chocolate and savory forest floor.
Palate
Notes of ripe black cherry and pencil shavings evoking the most magnificent of
Bordeaux’s Pauillacs. Structured around the rich, velvety tannins that are To Kalon’s signature, the
wine is vibrant and long. A
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, 30 days total maceration
Gentle pumpovers and delestage
Spontaneous malolactic fermentation in barrels
Aging
Aged 20 months in French oak barrels, 100% new.
Coopers: Taransaud, Darnajou, Marcel Cadet, Radoux, Baron, Marques.