Palate
This
intense garnet wine brims with complex aromas and flavors of black tea, anise, lavender and fleshy
black cherry fruit. Velvety tannins and vibrant acidity lend dimension and energy through the long
finish.
Growing Conditions
2014 was the third straight outstanding growing season in a row, following the
excellent 2012 and 2013 vintages. Dry winter and spring conditions limited canopy vigor, and a
warm growing season with a lack of extreme heat spikes resulted in prolonged, even ripening
through harvest. The resulting wines possess great site specificity, depth and quality.
Clonal Selection: Calera, Swan
Harvest
Hand-harvested, picked at night
Bottling
Unfined and unfiltered; bottled January 2016
Winemaking
Hand-sorted, cold; 6% whole cluster inclusion
Fermented with indigenous yeasts in small, open-top, stainless steel tanks
6-day cold soak, 17 days total maceration
Spontaneous malolactic fermentation in barrel
Aging
Aged 15 months in French oak barrels, 82% new
Coopers: Cadus, Damy, Louis Latour, Francois Frères