This beautiful inky colored wine opens with scents of sweet spice, mountain berries and blackberry cobbler. In the mouth it offers pure berry fruit, silky tannins with baking spices and a long delicious finish. This wine is meant to be shared with someone special.
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APPELLATION:
Walla Walla Valley
VINEYARDS:
Seven Hills Vineyard
McClellan Estate Vineyard
TECHNICAL NOTES:
pH 3.69
TA 0.60 g/100mL
Alcohol 14.1% By Volume
FERMENTATION:
Small open top stainless steel tanks. The cap was punched down three times per day by hand. After gently pressing the young wine was transferred to French oak barrels to complete fermentation.
BARREL AGING:
100% French oak barrels
40% New French oak
Aged 17 months
CASES PRODUCED:
243 cases
BOTTLING DATE:
February 17, 2009
RELEASE DATE:
April 17, 2009