Nose

It leaps from the glass with expressive aromatics of boysenberry, violets,
gingerbread and earth.

Palate

The youthful acidity and soft tannins provide a luxurious mouthfeel that
leads to a lingering finish of peat moss and dried lavender.

Growing Conditions

2013 was a phenomenal growing season in just about every way. A warm, dry spring
led to early bud break, limited canopy vigor and berry size, and created ideal conditions through
bloom and fruit set. An abundance of long sunny days, with only one heat spike in early July,
resulted in even ripening and an early harvest with exceptional flavor development. The 2013
vintage offers very high quality wines that are striking in their balance and expression.

Clonal Selection: Calera

Harvest

Hand harvested at night

Bottling

Unfined and unfiltered; bottled January 2015

Winemaking

 Hand sorted, cold; 3% whole cluster inclusion
 6 day cold soak, 17 days total maceration
 Fermented with indigenous yeasts in small, open-top, stainless steel tanks
 Spontaneous malolactic fermentation in barrel

Aging

Aged 15 months in French oak barrels, 73% new

Coopers: Cadus, Damy, Louis Latour, Francois Frères

Appearance

Deep crimson.