Yorkville Cellars 2004 Malbec, Rennie Vineyard

Winemaker Tasting Notes:
Chocolate and berry jam aromas, with a leafy note. A dense and chewy Malbec, showing a bit of meatiness mid-palate and some tannins in finish. A cornicopia of fruit; red plum, cassis, a hint of boysenberry and a splash of cranberry in the finish.

Vineyard Notes:
Grapes were gently crushed , and put in open top fermenters, where they received three days of cold soak before inoculation with selected yeast strains. Fermentation was held at 80 degrees F, and continued until dryness, about 1215 days. The tanks were drained and pomace transferred by hand to the press where it received a gentle pressing at a maximum of two bars atmospheric pressure. All wine was settled in a tank for 24 hours, then racked into oak cooperage for ageing. We used 90% French oak for this wine. After approximately 18 months in oak, the wine was racked into a tank, fined with organic eggwhites, and loosely filtered before bottling.

Technical Notes:

Appellation:	Yorkville Highlands
Varietal Content:	100% Malbec
Harvest Date:	October 7, 2004
Alcohol:	13.5%
TA:	0.70 g/100ml
pH:	3.47
RS/td>	0.6%d>
Free sulfite at bottling	37 parts per million