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2004 |
Rubissow Merlot |
appellation |
100% Mt. Veeder, Napa Valley - Rubissow Vineyards. |
production |
12/750 ml - 130 cases |
blend |
Merlot 100% |
winemaker notes |
NOSE: Blueberry, sweet red cherry, dust, cocoa, lavender, mocha.
TASTE: Flashy red raspberry fruit with layers of blueberry, cherry, dusty oak, coffee - with smooth, soft tannins. Very expressive. Drinking well now. Age through 2010.
TECHNIQUE: Hand sorted fruit, fruit destemmed and berries barely broken, 5 day cold soak, wild and inoculated fermentations, all small lot open top fermentors, hand punch downs and pumpovers two to three times daily, malolactic completed in barrel, minimal handling, bottled UNFINED and UNFILTERED. |
harvest dates |
October 21-30, 2004 |
fermentation |
24 days before pressing. |
barrel aging |
20 months in artisan French oak cooperage. |
alcohol by vol |
14.9% |
winemaker |
Timothy Milos |
notes |
PDF - WINEMAKER NOTES |
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