2022 Malbec

Tasting Notes

Blue fruits, crushed violet, bittersweet chocolate and intriguing sense of gravel-like minerality all combine in the glass. Yeilding a medium-bodied, fresh, yet concentrated, Malbec with lengthy integrated acidity and chewy tannin, notes of cocoanib, oak spice and graphite linger on the refined finish.

Technical Information 

• 100% Malbec
• Vineyard: Double D
• ABV%: 14.10 
• Case Production: 245
• Aging:  Hand harvested, destemmed and optically sorted. Selection of Blocks 13, 15 and 17, fermented individually in stainless steel. MLF conducted in barrel and aged on lees for 22 months in 55% New French Oak barrels. Unfined & unfiltered.

"Don’t cry for me Argentina, Washington Malbecs need not take second place to your finest. If you love the grape as a pure varietal, sourced from a single vineyard in an emerging AVA, this is one to try. Blueberries and chocolate, with further accents of coffee grounds and sweet tobacco roll across the tongue. Aging 22 months in 55% new oak barrels brings a spicy tang and suggests that further aging will help to pull it all together." - 93pts Paul Gregutt