| Blend |
44% Cabernet Sauvignon, 30% Cabernet Franc, 26% Merlot |
| Vintage |
2008 |
| Appellation |
Columbia Valley AVA |
| Winemaker |
Anna Schafer |
| Ratings and Awards |
WE - 94; WS - 92; WA - 91 ; ST - 88 |
| Fruit Handling |
Crushed & Destemmed |
| Maceration |
Cold Soak 4 – 5 days, extended skin contact |
| Fermintation |
Stainless Steel jacketed 2.3 ton fermentors, combination punchdown and pumpover |
| Secondary |
Malolactic Fermentation in barrel for two months |
| Aging |
100% French Oak for 24 |
| Filtration |
Unfined and unfiltered |
| Production |
492 |
| Vineyard |
Sagemoor, Bacchus, & Dionysus Vineyards & Gamache Vineyard & Weinbau Vineyard & Tokar Vineyard |
| Owner/Manager |
Kent Waliser & Derek Way & Roger Gamache & Miguel Rodriguez |
| Location |
Pasco, WA (Columbia Valley AVA) & Mesa, WA (Wahluke Slope AVA) & Mattawa, WA (Wahluke Slope AVA) & Walla Walla, WA (Walla Walla AVA) |
| Altitude |
800 feet, 900 feet, 750 feet, 1,400 feet & 1,350 feet |
| Vineyard Age |
1972, 1985 & 1997 |
| Soil |
Sandy silt & Sandy silt with „caliche‟ rocks |
| Site |
Southwest facing hillside on the Columbia River & Glacially formed accumulation of mixed soils and rock, southern facing slope with excellent sun exposure & Warm site on a south facing slope affording good natural air drainage |
| Varietals |
Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet Franc & Cabernet Sauvignon & Cabernet Franc, Merlot |
| Appearance |
Deep brick red/garnet color |
| Nose |
Black cherry, dried strawberry, currents, firm but strong mix of minerality and rose petals |
| Palate |
As seen in this vintage, 2008 has solid age worthy tannins. Medium plus acidity holds up these tannins to showcase the black cherry, plum on the palate and through the finish. Carefully framed by oak from the center of France. Roses and a hint of cigar b |
