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2017 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 elegant wine with a deep red color and rich dark fruit aromas
which carry to the palate. It has a firm but soft structure with
well-balanced flavors and a long and sustained finish adding nuances
of coffee and cocoa. This is an age-worthy wine, good to drink for
stacking away for 10 years or longer.
Varietal
Content :
45% Cabernet
Sauvignon, 30% Syrah, 25% Cabernet Franc
Appellation:
Estate Grown,
Shenandoah Valley, California
Bottling
Date: July 3, 2019
Cases
Produced: 165
Alcohol:
13.9%
pH:
3.65
Residual
Sugar: Less than 0.1%
