2017 Red Wine, Napa Valley
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The 2017 Red Wine is mostly Merlot from Coombsville, with a bit of Cabernet Sauvignon, all picked before the fires. It is also the only red wine Patel bottled in 2017. This spent 18 months in French oak, 60% of which was new. Ripe red cherry and plum fruit give the 2017 plenty of juiciness, with hints of cinnamon, wild flowers, cedar and tobacco that develop in the glass.
~ 92 Points ~ Antonio Galloni, Vinous.com
Wine Specs
Vintage
2017
Varietal
Red Blend
Appellation
Napa Valley
Sugar
0
Bottling Date
08/219
Residual Sugar
0
Alcohol %
14.9
Wine Profile
Production Notes
Arriving in small picking lugs from the vineyards, the clusters were hand sorted, de-stemmed and hand sorted again, berry-by-berry. A two-day cold soak was followed by primary fermentation in small, open-top stainless steel tanks. Following an extended maceration, the fruit was gently pressed and the wine moved to barrel for secondary fermentation. The wine was aged for 19 months in rare 100% New French Artisan Oak barrels with minimal racking. Multiple, blending trials, determined the final blend, which was bottled unfined and unfiltered.
Production
150 cases