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Wine Details
Price:
$32.00 per bottle
Description:
85% Merlot, 10% Cabernet Franc, and 5% Cabernet Sauvignon, all from Stellar Vineyard and Cougar Hills Vineyard. Our estate vineyards are the exclusive source for all of our wines. This wine opens with a ripe bouquet of bing cherry, red fruits, violets, anise, and a color that is dense, dark and ruby. Balanced acidity and mature tannins give the midplalate structure to support the lush, jammy mouth feel and the rich spectrum of fruit, spice and toasty oak that linger on the long, extended finish. The 2002 growing season was typical for the Northwest. Long, warm days and cool nights gave us very ripe fruit with good acidity and tannins. Hand harvesting, fermenting in small lots with open top fermenters, and punching down by hand yields wine that is full of color and velvety, not harsh, tannins. Barrel aging in a combination of French, American, and European oak allows flavors to marry and adds complexity.
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