Hawkes 2003 Merlot
$30.00 -- Alexander Valley
Winemaking Notes:
The single vineyard Merlot comes from a few acres on the northern edge of our Red Winery Road Vineyard. It was harvested on October 30, more than a month later than the Merlot from the same block of this vineyard was harvest in 2002. It was given a twenty-one day extended maceration and was aged for eighteen months in 40 percent new French oak, then blended with eight percent Cabernet Sauvignon from the same vineyard.
Tasting Notes:
This wine is even more atypical of California Merlot than was the 2002. It is dry and spicy, deeply colored, with almost aggressive tannins offset by delicate flowery aromas and a touch of cinnamon and nutmeg from the French oak.
Technical Notes:
The single vineyard Merlot comes from a few acres on the northern edge of our Red Winery Road Vineyard. It was harvested on October 30, more than a month later than the Merlot from the same block of this vineyard was harvest in 2002. It was given a twenty-one day extended maceration and was aged for eighteen months in 40 percent new French oak, then blended with eight percent Cabernet Sauvignon from the same vineyard.
Tasting Notes:
This wine is even more atypical of California Merlot than was the 2002. It is dry and spicy, deeply colored, with almost aggressive tannins offset by delicate flowery aromas and a touch of cinnamon and nutmeg from the French oak.
Technical Notes:
| Alcohol: | 14.2% |
| Appellation: | Alexander Valley |
| Sugar at Harvest: | 24.5 brix |
| pH: | 3.72 |
| TA: | .61 |
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Other products in the winery Hawkes Wine:
Hawkes 2002 Cabernet Sauvignon -- Alexander Valley
Hawkes 2003 Cabernet Sauvignon -- Alexander Valley
Hawkes 2003 Cabernet Sauvignon, Red Winery Road Vineyard -- Alexander Valley
Hawkes 2005 Chardonnay, Home Ranch -- Alexander Valley
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