VINEYARD
Schmidt Family Vineyard
Grants Pass, Oregon
Clone - Cabernet Sauvignon "337" & "10" // Merlot

HARVEST
Tons: 3
Harvest Date: 10/18/2022
Harvest Method:  Hand Picked

PH @ Harvest  3.63
Brix @ Harvest  24.5

WINEMAKER NOTES
The growing season of 2022 in Southern Oregon began with cool nights and very mild day temperature.  Following with extremely high heat into the summer, favorable to Malbec growing conditions.  Fall weather and picking times were moderately difficult as the season came to an abrupt end with cooler temperatures and rain settling into the south valley.  Fruit still came in nice and ripe around 24.5 Brix and was clean with no signs of botrytis.  The Malbec came in handpicked and was destemmed and pushed into Macro bins for fermentation. 

FERMENTATION / AGING
Production style: Cold Soak for 48 hours. Fermented in large open bins, and then transferred to Barrel for full MaloLactic Fermentation. Aged in barrel, with 30% New French Oak, for 22 months. 

Yeast: ICV D254 / BDX
Wine ABV: 15.5 %
Wine pH: 3.91
Filtration:  CrossFlow

BOTTLED
Cases:  166 (12x750ml)
Bottle Date: September 10th, 2024
Release Date: November 9th, 2024
Label: Color Series

WINEMAKER
Aurora Cória
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