Nose

Our Estate Malbec opens with dark raspberry, ripe strawberry and French
roast coffee.

Palate

The palate transitions to blackberry, ripe red fruits with black
peppercorns with floral undertones. Rich, dark and intense with lingering
tannins and balanced acidity.

Growing Conditions

• Estate Eidolon Vineyard, ‘Rocks District of Milton Freewater’, Walla Walla Valley

• A very consistent vintage very similar to 2013
• Bud break started in early-mid April with bloom in early June again slightly
early for Washington
• August temperatures were slightly cooler allowing for a longer hangtime with
good yields
• Consistent September with cool nights produced richly structured wines,
ripe flavors that retained high natural acids

Harvest

• Hand-harvested grapes

Bottling

• Bottling date: May 2, 2016

Winemaking

• Small lot fermentations in open top stainless steel tanks
• The cap was manually punched down two times per day
• Pressed and transferred to barrels to complete secondary fermentation

Aging

• The wine was aged for 16 months in French Oak barrels