This wine is all about fresh, bright fruit and spicy flavors. The color is youthful and red/purple. Fresh berry coulis, crushed white pepper and dark mulberry scents on the nose. Pure red berry flavors flow onto a smooth palate with some crisp acid and tannin backbone delivering a smack of lively berry flavors wrapped up in the slightest hint of vanilla.
Food
Accompaniments
Gourmet pizza with rocket, sunflower seeds and pumpkin, beef goulash.
Awards,
Reviews and other Notes
86 pts Wine Spectator Daily Picks 11/30/10
Ripe and fresh, with a nice velvety feel to the raspberry, blackberry and toasty vanilla notes. Fruity but fresh on the finish. Syrah, Mourvèdre and Tannat. Drink now. 1,000 cases made.
Winemaker Notes
This wine is a blend of varietals that add spicy flavors and white and black pepper notes to the crushed berry fruits of the vine. Each varietal was crushed and fermented separately . After primary fermentation, the wines were blended and then matured to marry the flavors. After 12 months, the wine was crossflow filtered and bottled. Bottled under stelvin to ensure fruit intensity remains at an optimum in the bottle.
