2016 :Nota Bene Una Notte : Columbia Valley

How many times must you taste a wonderful wine before wanting to make one just like it? One night…was all it took for us to know we wanted to make a Southern Rhône style blend such as this. Probably our most fruit-forward wine of the vintage with strawberry and raspberry up front in the bouquet, soft, but with enough structure to give this wine length in a proper cellar. Special thanks to Tedd Wildman from Stone Tree Vineyard for the major components of this blend and a significant positive contribution of Mourvèdre from Scott Williams of Heart of the Hill and Ranch Vineyards.

• Bottled 8/4/18
• 82 cases produced
• Alcohol: 14.4%
• pH 3.69, TA 5.54 g/L

77% Grenache (StoneTree Vineyard)
15% Syrah (8% Ranch at the End of the Road Vineyard 7% Arianses Vineyard)
8% Mourvèdre (Heart of the Hill Vineyard)

Barrels: This wine was aged 22 months in 77% stainless barrels by Meuller (the Grenache). The Syrah and Mourvèdre were raised in seasoned French and American oak.