Wine Creek Ranch Grenache 2019
Wine Creek Ranch's terroir in the Dry Creek Valley shares many similarities with the Southern Rhône. For this reason, more than two decades ago we planted Grenache clones that trace their lineage to Château Beaucastel. WINEMAKING NOTES Our goal is always to achieve optimal ripeness at the lowest sugar, i.e. potential alcohol, possible. We strive to balance this varietys tendency towards firm tannins by following a more Burgundian winemaking approach focused on extremely gentle handling and slow, controlled extraction... really more of an infusion. Partial whole-cluster fermentation (15%-20%) also helps balance tannins and adds high-toned red fruit, while gentle basket-pressing further optimizes overall tannin quality. Mirroring the Southern Rhône wine making tradition, we move to the wine to traditional French oak Foudres (600 and 900-gallon casks) for the second half of its aging to best capture and preserve Grenaches prized strawberry aromatics. THE WINE The wine is a very pretty and day bright ruby red that fades to a polished pink rim. On the nose there is prominent strawberry and rhubarb with hints of dried orange peel and Italian herbs. In the mouth it is medium bodied with the signature ground cinnamon of grenache plus some green tobacco leaf wrapped around juicy strawberries. The wine is both dry and juicy at the same time with medium tannins that fade to red fruits covered in milk chocolate.
Composition
81% Grenache 19% MourvèdreVineyard
Wine Creek RanchAlc. %
14%| Organic | Yes |
|---|---|
| Sustainable | Yes |
| Closure | N/A |
| Bottle Size | Standard |
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Quivira Vineyards & Winery
Quivira Vineyards’ is a leading producer of Zinfandel, Sauvignon Blanc and Rhone varietals, built upon intentional winegrowing and a thoughtful commitment to sustainable and organic farming. Quivira’s philosophy is driven by the seamless vision of quality shared between winemaker Hugh Chappelle and vineyard manager Ned Horton. Together, they have integrated the vineyard and winery where farming practices are optimally aligned with the desired characteristics of the finished wine.
The winemaking style at Quivira emphasizes balance and transparency of terroir utilizing thoughtful low-input winemaking to produce wines that proudly showcase their varietals and origins. In crafting these wines, Hugh uses a light touch when working with the raw materials. This is not a hands-off approach, it simply means that manipulation is intentionally and thoughtfully minimized to only those operations the wine truly needs. In fact, it requires even more engagement via more frequent observation and tasting to best know when and when not to intervene. Hugh likes to develop complexity by judiciously using a few techniques: blending, co-fermentation, phased harvesting and barrel aging - both oak and acacia wood.
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