2021 Tempranillo, Art Den Hoed Vineyard Painted Hills
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Wine Specs
Vintage
2021
Varietal
Tempranillo
Appellation
Columbia Valley
Vineyard Designation
Art Den Hoed's Painted Hills Vineyard
Acid
5.87 g/L
pH
3.88
Aging
Aged 20 months in 60% New French, European and American Oak and 40% Seasoned Oak.
Bottling Date
02/08/2024
Residual Sugar
0.3
Alcohol %
14.8
Wine Profile
Vineyard Notes
Sourced from the award-winning Painted Hills Vineyards.
Production Notes
Cases Produced: 381
Winemaker Notes
Throughout harvest, Winemaker Richard Batchelor worked closely with local growers and visited each vineyard to taste for maturity and ripeness to determine the precise moment to pick the fruit. Grapes were hand-harvested during the cool hours of the morning to preserve bright fruit notes. Each lot underwent a five day pre-fermentation cold soak before the tank was allowed to go through a native fermentation to dryness lasting roughly 21 days. Each lot was
fermented separately and then blended before bottling to allow the tannins to meld together. To craft this wine, only the free run juice was collected and no press fraction was blended. The wine was then barrel aged for 20 months in new French, European and American Oak. For the first year this wine was stirred in barrel on its lees and racked when necessary to soften the tannins. After the first 12 months the wine was racked off the lees for clarity before blending and bottling.