2019 Limited Release Walla Walla Red Wine Blend

Mourvèdre is such a fascinating and distinctive varietal, so blending it is always a huge treat! 2019 was no exception as the vintage brought out delicate and beautiful flavors. Sweet plum and blueberry fruit play against notes of brine pepper, and red meat.

Sometimes when assembling a blend you just get lucky on your first try. In this case we quickly struck gold. In just the second round of blending we found the perfect balance of freshness, depth and complexity with just the right amount of sweetness that perfectly captured the cool 2019 vintage.

Specifically selected and carefully aged, this premier red blend highlights warm-weather vineyards with a robust palette of boysenberry and biscotti.

My Old World style vineyard is a natural for beautifully sculpted, complex red blends. This one was crafted from Cabernet Sauvignon (47%), Merlot (23%), Syrah (14%), Malbec (14%) and Cabernet Franc (2%). Five varietals from one Estate vineyard make for a harmonic statement that I enjoy crafting every year.

This wine is a labor of love that requires months of tasting hundreds of individual barrels of Chardonnay to find the perfect balance of concentration and complexity. Fermented with 100% natural, uninoculated yeast and aged 10 months in predominately French oak barrels.

This Merlot, crafted from unique vineyards, is bursting with aromas of earthy, brambly blackberry and ripe plumbs complimented by vanilla spice. Flavors of decadent, juicy dark fruit also match perfectly with velvety yet weighty dark tannins and an endless finish.

The Indian Wells Cabernet is our warm climate ripe, jammy ‘New World’ style of Cabernet Sauvignon. This premier Cabernet Sauvignon showcases a lush texture and concentrated flavors of blackberry and black cherry.

The best part of the Limited Release program is the freedom to experiment! Instead of aging our 2018 Cinsaut in multiple small barrels, I decided to put about half into one giant oak tank – and I love the result! The delicate red fruit is pure and sweet with an added boost of freshness.

A beautiful pale pink, our Indian Wells Rose delivers aromas of juicy watermelon, fresh strawberry with flavors of ripe peach and Rainier cherry.