Vintage Notes Textbook conditions saw near-ideal spring bud break, steady flowering, even fruit set, and a lengthy stretch of warm days and cool and often foggy nights during the long summer months. Late and light rains held off until grapes found optimal ripeness, bringing exceptional quality with a smooth balance of acids and sugars. This vintage, while as much as 30% higher than the past two years' smaller crops, is on par with near-normal quantity.
Tasting Notes Dark inky purple in the glass. This wine offers bold aromas of raspberry, dark cherry and violets along with a hint of spicy toasty oak. The fresh berry notes carry over onto the palate and combine with ripe plum, evolving into unsweetened chocolate on the finish. This is a balanced and harmonious wine with a soft mouth-feel and a lengthy and pleasant finish. It has a long evolution ahead of it in the bottle and will cellar gracefully for 20 years or more.
