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96 Points & Cellar Selection - Wine Enthusiast

There's a strong core of fresh fruits like muddled plum and smashed boysenberry on the nose of this bottling alongside earthy hints of rose potpourri, chaparral and struck stone. The palate is tightly wound in a pithy grip and yet bright with black raspberry and pomegranate flavors that are decorated in forest floor spices. Drink now-2042. - Matt Kettmann

 

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Grown on one of the only volcanic slope vineyards in the area, this bottling is fresh with strawberry, cranberry and dark florals, yet refined with an elegant balance. Lively and fresh raspberry and strawberry flavors pop on the palate followed by subtle notes of tobacco spice.

Production Notes

Blend: 100% Grenache
Fermentation: 100% de-stemmed and fermented with native yeast in an open top 1-ton fermenter on skins for 17 days, gently basket pressed
Aging: Aged for 11 months in neutral and (25%) new French oak barrels
Bottled: Without fining or filtering
Production: 96 cases