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A Cellar Full of Noise
2006 Tempranillo
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100% Tempranillo
Paso Robles
Shandon
24.5°
12.5%
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0.62 g/100 ml
3.68
0.08 g/100 ml
June 18, 2008
872
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2006 featured a normal bud break following an unusually wet spring with significant rainfall continuing through May. Although a warm, pleasant summer was punctuated by a blazing ten-day stretch into mid July, the harvest began on a normal schedule. Reinvigorated vines (salts leached from the soils from winter rains) and prudent thinning induced small clusters which produced lush wines.
Our grapes were harvested, destemmed and crushed into a stainless fermentor, and then inoculated 24 hours later with PDM yeast. The must was pumped over three times daily for 13 days prior to pressing. After completion of malolactic fermentation, this wine was aged in a combination of American, French and Hungarian oak barrels for 19 months prior to bottling.
Complex, exciting aromas create hints of cinnamon, black currant, and wild strawberries intertwined with spicy oak. Flavors are balanced and rich with layers of nicely assertive tannins with fine hints of spicy oak.
Ready to be enjoyed today. It will also continue to improve in your cellar for another 2-5 years. Its ideal years will be 2009-2013.
This dynamic, enticing wine will enrich an array of Tapas and lighter styled entrees.
Gold: 2009 Grand Harvest Award, Vineyard & Winery Management Magazine
Silver: 2009 Critics Challenge, International Wine Competition
Silver: 2009 National Women’s Wine Competition |
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