Nose

Delicate hints of cranberry, red currants with a touch of strawberry and cherry.

Palate

Cherry, cranberry, fresh herbs

Growing Conditions

The 2023 growing season was off to an early start
with a warm spring. Bud break was early and this
proved to be an issue as a late freeze on the
evening of May 17th killed many primary buds
around the region. In our vineyard there was
damage to our Martini Vineyard Lemberger and
Chardonnay vines. Late spring to early summer
was cool and wet and then things warmed up in July
and into early August until the weather cooled again. It
was around this time that wildfire smoke from Canada
blanketed the area. Heading into the harvest the
acidities in the grapes were still high and the brix were
in need of a climb. In late September into early
October we had a week of sunshine with temperatures
in the 80’s. This helped all varieties fully ripen and the
resulting wines are of a high and concentrated quality.

Bottling

March 15 2024

Winemaking

The fruit was crushed and de-
stemmed into the press and left to soak on skins for 4

hours. The juice was then pressed into stainless steel tank
to ferment and age. A small portion was fermented in neutral barrel.