FACT SHEET
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VINEYARD NOTES
Usual warm 95+ Fahrenheit days with cool 55F diurnal changes during the nights, but some windy nights were more predominant than usual at this rocky granite site causing the soil and canopies to lose more water. Ripening was happening fast as a result and acids tended to not want to hold, so an early as possible picking date was needed for all varieties.
WINEMAKING NOTES
Whole berries were processed into macrobins and cold soaked with dry ice for two days. Spontaneous fermentation was allowed to slowly convert the sugars to alcohol for 10 days. Pump-overs and Punch-downs were both utilized to manage the tannin extraction in to the fermenting wine. The finished wine lots were pressed and aged in 68% used American oak and 32% new French oak for 18 months on the lees. The wine was blended 4 months before bottling at exact percentages to create an authentic rendition of a Love Ranch southern Rhone style blend.
TASTING NOTES
The nose displays red fruit, maraschino cherry, strawberry juice, and blue raspberry. Vanilla richness and an herbal tea essences that invokes a dill and bay leaf component with a dusted cream note. Tannins are soft and yet have a tension that indicates some age will release more fruit and flavors over the next 5-6 years.
FOOD PAIRING
Herbed lamb with grilled vegetables, sauteed mushrooms, Marbled cuts of meat, or garlic herb root vegetables.
Usual warm 95+ Fahrenheit days with cool 55F diurnal changes during the nights, but some windy nights were more predominant than usual at this rocky granite site causing the soil and canopies to lose more water. Ripening was happening fast as a result and acids tended to not want to hold, so an early as possible picking date was needed for all varieties.
WINEMAKING NOTES
Whole berries were processed into macrobins and cold soaked with dry ice for two days. Spontaneous fermentation was allowed to slowly convert the sugars to alcohol for 10 days. Pump-overs and Punch-downs were both utilized to manage the tannin extraction in to the fermenting wine. The finished wine lots were pressed and aged in 68% used American oak and 32% new French oak for 18 months on the lees. The wine was blended 4 months before bottling at exact percentages to create an authentic rendition of a Love Ranch southern Rhone style blend.
TASTING NOTES
The nose displays red fruit, maraschino cherry, strawberry juice, and blue raspberry. Vanilla richness and an herbal tea essences that invokes a dill and bay leaf component with a dusted cream note. Tannins are soft and yet have a tension that indicates some age will release more fruit and flavors over the next 5-6 years.
FOOD PAIRING
Herbed lamb with grilled vegetables, sauteed mushrooms, Marbled cuts of meat, or garlic herb root vegetables.