2016 Proprietor’s Blend
Estate Grown &
Bottled
California, Shenandoah
Valley
Winemaker’s Notes:
Proprietor’s Blend was the very first red wine blend that
I made in 2004 and since then continued making it every year. This wine, which became
one of the Gallery Collection Club’s most favorite wines, is released yearly in
November. The components that go into
this wine are always the same while the composition may vary from year to year
in order to balance the wine with respect to its flavor profile. Each
component is individually aged in French oak barrels for 2 years.. We
create the blend about 6 months before bottling, after which the blended new
wine goes back into barrels for an additional aging in neutral barrels until
bottling.
This is an
exceptionally well-balanced wine that acquired an identity of its own. It has a deep red color, rich dark fruit
aromas and flavors carrying all the way to the finish and adding nuances of coffee
and cocoa. This is a big wine with a firm
structure, complexity, an abundance of tannins and a long and sustained finish.
Varietal Content
:
40% Cabernet Sauvignon,
30% Syrah,
30%
Cabernet Franc
Bottling Date:
September
6, 2018
Cases Produced: 228
Alcohol: 14.7%
pH: 3.6
Residual Sugar: Less than 0.1%
