Nose
The
palate displays flavors of ripe dark fruits, blueberry, orange peel and savory
game notes balanced upon earthiness and fine tannins.
Growing Conditions
Vineyards
• Canyon’s Vineyard, Red Mountain
• Estate Eidolon Vineyard, ‘Rocks District of Milton Freewater’, Walla Walla Valley
• Summit View Vineyard, 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
• Harvest started on September 15th lasting through the middle of October
Bottling
• Bottling date: May 12, 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 sur lie for 14 months in French Oak barrels
Appearance
Notes of leather, espresso, black pepper, blackberry, olive and pie cherry.