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2022 WINEMAKER SERIES RED WINE | MALBEC & PETIT VERDOT

Napa Valley • 2022 Vintage

Our 2022 Malbec & Petit Verdot is one of three experimental small-batch wines from the second volume of our Winemaker Series. This highly-anticipated release again features our winemakers' foray into new, lesser-known varietals and winemaking techniques. Each wine is a work of art that transcends the typical tasting experience. Everything, from the label to the wine inside the bottle, is intentionally left open to your interpretation.

This enticing blend is amazingly dark in the glass with blue and purple fruit, toasted brioche, and reduced blueberry chutney. Densely textured and chewy on the palate, ample tannins provide a smooth yet firm structure for the balanced acidity and notes of dried currant, vanilla, dried blackberry, and savory dried herbs.

ALCOHOL

14.5

VINTAGE

2022

APPELLATION

Napa Valley

$90.00
Format 750 mL

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Tasting Notes

A complex blend that reveals new layers with every sip.

SENSORY PROFILE

Amazingly dark color exploding with blue and purple fruit, toasted brioche, reduced blueberry chutney, and notes of spiced bacon fat.

WINEMAKER NOTES

VINEYARD NOTES

Wappo Hill Vineyard is one of our internal vineyards and proving to be the top performer consistently year after year. We love the density of color, flavor and texture the every variety demonstrates here. From Sauv blanc, to Syrah, to Malbec, and Cabernet Sauvignon, every many of our favorite varieties shine here and show amazing characteristics that are true to variety and unique to themselves. Amazing sense of terroir and minerality when ripe and fruit forward making for an amazing balance of elegance, power, and yum! This wine is made from two blocks that were destined for replant right after harvest on a beautiful little hill right in the middle of the vineyard on one side Malbec that sees the sun in the morning, and on the other Petit Verdot that gets the sun in the heat of the day. Due to these factors, these blocks tend ripen at the same time, so we decided to harvest them together and ferment them together. Each brings value to the other creating a very harmonious blend where Petit Verdot brings power and color and savory blue fruit, Malbec brings elegance and richness and purple fruit. We were stoked with the resulting wine, we felt it necessary to include in this collection and share with everyone!

Vintage

2022

Varietal

Red Blend

Appellation

Napa Valley

Alcohol

14.5

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The heritage

Redefining the art of the blend

Inspired by the original red blend first made by Italian immigrants who settled in Napa Valley, this expressive wine carries that spirit forward through an unexpected mix of varietals and a distinctly modern point of view.

APPELLATION

Napa Valley

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