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2019 Reserve Tannat
Tasting Notes
The 2019 Tannat displays rich flavors of black plum, blackberries, dark chocolate, vanilla & backing spices, with a firm finish. Pairs best with red meats, BBQ & dark sauces.Winemaker Notes
Tannat is famous for its deepness and richness, with dark purple color, rich tannins (its name comes from the word tannins), and intense flavor. Originally from the South of France, it came to fame in Uruguay and more recently is trending in California. The 2019 vintage had a hot summer with a cool fall, allowing the Tannat to reach full ripeness slowly while retaining fresh fruit and acidity while allowing the richness of this grape to shine through. Add to this natural tendency for things big and intense that we fermented this wine on the skins for 4 weeks, including a cold soak and extended maceration, the resulting wine is dark in color and flavor, with bold fine-grained tannins and acidity. To match the natural flavors from the grape, we aged the wine on 45% new oak, mostly darker toasts from France and Minnesota, to contribute complexities of coffee, chocolate, roasted meat and vanilla. This wine is intensely complex with a long lingering finish. This wine was aged in oak barrels, 50% new, a mixture of French and American oak, for 48 months, to balance and elevate the wines. The wine was aged on yeast lees and stirred (batonage) monthly to extract a rich mouthfeel.Wine Profile
| Vintage | 2019 |
|---|---|
| Wine Style | Red Wine |
| Varietal | Tannat |
| Appellation | Alta Mesa |
| Sugar | 26.0 Brix |
| Acid | 5.87 g/L total acidity |
| PH | 3.62 pH |
| Aging | 45% new French & Minnesota oak, 55% neutral oak for 48 months on full sur lies contact with monthly stirring. |
| Fermentation | 14 day fermentation with punch downs, 7 day extended maceration. |
| Alcohol % | 13.5 |
| Size | 750 ml |
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