2016 Proprietors Blend, Red Blend

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

Appellation:   Estate Grown, Shenandoah Valley, California                                         

Bottling Date:  September 6, 2018                                 

Cases Produced: 228                                                                                      

Alcohol: 14.7%                                                           

pH:  3.6