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2022 Fiery Slope
Harvest: Grenache 10/21, Counoise 10/6, Syrah 9/8
Brix: Grenache 23.4, Counoise 22.4, Syrah 25.8
TA: Grenache 6.7, Counoise 6.8, Syrah 8.8
Primary: Grenache ICV GRE, Counoise RC 212, Syrah ICV D21
Secondary: Grenache Omega, Counoise Alpha, Syrah Alpha
Vinification: Potassium metabisulfite (preservative)
Filtered: Yes
Aging: Grenache aged 11 months stainless steel, Counoise aged 9 months neutral French oak 2 months in stainless steel, Syrah aged 11 months new French oak
2023 Fiery Slope
Harvest: Grenache 11/2, Syrah 10/21
Brix: Grenache 24.6, Syrah 24.7
TA: Grenache 5.4, Syrah 8.6
Primary: Grenache ICV GRE, Syrah ICV D21
Secondary: Grenache Omega, Syrah Alpha
Vinification: Potassium metabisulfite (preservative)
Filtered: Yes
Aging: Grenache aged 6 months stainless steel, Syrah aged 6 months new French oak puncheon, blended and then aged together in neutral French oak puncheon for 12 months.
2023 Misty Slope Reserve
A blend of three grapes: 90% Viognier, 5% Marsanne, and 5% Roussanne
This wine was cofermented together. The Viognier came from Monarch Vineyard near Escondido and the Marsanne and Roussanne came from Lathom Farm and Vineyard. It was aged in stainless steel for 12 months.
Viognier, Marsanne, Roussanne
Harvest: 9/23
Brix: 23.8
TA: 7.7
pH: 3.46
Primary: ICV-254 yeast, closed top, stainless steel
Secondary: Stainless steal inoculation with Omega yeast
Vinification: Claril SP (protein stabilization), Zenith Uno (cold stabilization), potassium metabisulfite (preservative)
2023 Grenache
Harvest: 11/2
Brix: 24.6
TA: 5.4
pH: 3.65
This wine is 95% Grenache and 5% Syrah. The Grenache was aged for 5 months in a 500L neutral French puncheon. The Syrah extracted for this wine had been aged for 5 months in a 500L new French puncheon.
Primary: ICV-GRE
Secondary: In barrel inoculation with Omega yeast
Vinification: Potassium metabisulfite (preservative)
Filtered: Yes
2022 Cabernet Sauvignon
Harvest: 11/1
Brix: 24.3
TA: 8.6
pH: 3.55
95% Cabernet Sauvignon from the Ballena Valley Vineyard and 5% Grenache. Aged for 18 months in new French Oak, then 3 months in stainless steel tank, before being bottled aged for 3 months prior to release. The 5% of Grenache mostly comes from the topping off of the wine to extend the barrel aging process.
Primary: ICVD254
Secondary: In barrel inoculation with Omega yeast
Vinification: Potassium metabisulfite (preservative)
Filtered: Yes
2023 Perfectly Blended Red
Harvest: Grenache 11/2, Cabernet Sauvignon 11/10, Cabernet Franc 11/10, Merlot 11/10
Brix: Grenache 24.6, Cabernet Sauvignon 26.0, Cabernet Franc 27.3, Merlot 27.3
TA: Grenache 5.4, (our TA reader elected to take a personal day so we didn't have any accurate measurements)
Primary: Grenache ICV GRE, Cabernet Sauvignon MT, Cabernet Franc MT, Merlot MT (the Cabernet Franc and Merlot were cofermented)
Secondary: Grenache Omega,Cabernet Sauvignon Omega, Cabernet Franc Omega, Merlot Omega
Vinification: Potassium metabisulfite (preservative)
Filtered: Yes
Aging: The Grenache aged for 6 months in stainless steel, then 3 months in neutral French oak. The Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, and Merlot was aged in a stainless steel tank (as it was our top off juice for the Coin Toss wine) for 9 months. The initial plan wasn't to make this wine as it was bottled. It was just a matter of figuring out what to do with several hundred liters of top of juice and not waste it. So we added Grenache to it and we loved it. The final product was blended and aged together in a neutral French oak barrel for 12 months.