Description
This wine possesses a rich dark color with a slight garnet hue.
2013 Shiraz
$17.95
Winemakers Notes
This wine has a rich dark color with a slight garnet hue. Oaked for 10 months, displaying a combination of spicy black pepper, ripe plums and toasted wood-like characteristics. The phenolics provide just the right amount of texture which translates into a firm yet pleasant mouthfeel. This exemplifies the potential of the eastern US to produce a well-balanced Shiraz varietal that stands among the best.
Profile
| Name | Shiraz (or Syrah….same grape) |
| Vintage | 2013 |
| Appellation | New York |
| Composition | 100% Shiraz |
| Harvest date | October 18, 2013 |
| TA | 6.0 |
| pH | 3.46 |
| RS | 0.0% |
| Alcohol | 13.3 |
| Bottling date | September 9, 2014 |
| Fermentation | Small open-top fermenters |
| Production notes | Single-vineyard fruit was hand-picked from our Fredonia vineyard, destemmed and macerated prior to the initiation of fermentation, which lasted 14 days. The must was hand punched down to allow maximal color expression while fermented in small open-top tanks prior to pressing. A secondary ML fermentation was conducted post pressing. Aged 10 months in American oak barrels |
