2014 Yakima Valley Mourvedre
95% mourvedre and 5% grenache. This mourvedre comes from Minick Vineyard in the Yakima valley. These grapes are always our last to harvest which usually happens near Halloween. This wine shows off the difference by using mourvedre from a cool site. Instead of the blue / black fruit and spice from our red mountain mourvedre, this wine shows black cherry and freshly tilled soil.
The wine was made by gently crushing and de-stemming the clusters directly into bins without the use of a must pump. Approximately lO% of the grapes were fermented as whole clusters. Fermentation was completed using commercial yeasts and then the wine was pressed into 3-5 year old French 225L barrels where ML took place. The wine was aged for approximately 2O months before bottling. No fining took place and the wine was filtered through a coarse pad to remove the lees.
| Appellation | Yakima Valley |
| Acid | 5.9 g/L |
| PH | 3.68 |
| Alcohol | 14.90% |
| Volume | 750 ml |
Minick Vineyard (Yakima Valley) - Mourvedre
Alder Ridge Vineyard (Horse Heaven Hills) - Grenache
