2017 Many Hands Cuvée
Summer 2019 Club Release
A full bodied Bordeaux-style blend with aromas of sweet tobacco, plum, blackberries, and baking spices. This wine has wonderful dark fruit notes of cherry and plum as well as cola, black pepper and a sweet tobacco finish. Best of Class 2019 San Francisco Chronicle
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Wine Specs
Vintage
2017
Appellation
El Dorado
Acid
0.61
pH
3.78
Alcohol %
14.1
Wine Enthusiast
89
Wine Profile
Vineyard Notes
The 2017 Many Hands is a cuvée is made from 100% Duarte Georgetown Vineyard fruit. The alpine breezes flowing down off the high Sierras cool these cool high elevation vineyards and allow these grapes to mature slowly while retaining their natural acidity.
Production Notes
The grapes were sorted and de-stemmed. Musts were cold soaked for 3 days then inoculated with cultured yeasts. Manual punch downs were carried out three times a day, with a total maceration time of 14 days. To showcase the elegance of our Cuvée aging was carried out in 100% French oak with about 40% new oak integrating the oak flavors with the fruit. The wine was aged in Barrel for 36 months before bottling without fining or filtration.
Winemaker Notes
This Bordeaux harmoniously blended cuvée displays strength and balance and shows ripe fruit and subtle spices. It is full bodied, yet is silky smooth on the palate with a long finish. This wine layers in notes of black cherry and cassis, violets, anise and incense cedar on the finish. It will be exciting to see how this wine develops over the next decade.
Production
201 cases
Other Notes
Blend: 24% Cabernet Sauvignon, 24% Merlot, 24% Malbec, 24% Petit Verdot, 4% Cabernet franc