Tasting Notes:
Raspberry, black fruit – razzle-dazzle! Silky tannins with crisp acidity. Wine comes beautifully together reflecting its classical clone selection.
Production Notes
Fermentation: Open-topped, small vat, cold soaked, extended maceration, gentle punch downs.
Technical Notes:
| Varietal Composition: |
100% Merlot
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| Vineyard: |
Viña del Sol
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| Appellation: |
Carneros (Sonoma)
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| Harvest Date: |
October 30, 2002 |
| Sugar: |
24.6° at harvest
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| pH: |
3.61
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| Aging: |
22 months in French barrels. |
| Alcohol: |
13.9%
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