2007 Platinum Meritage

$39.90

CSPC 77453
UPC 778913 067563

SILVER MEDAL WINNER
Okanagan Fall Wine Festival

Our very best wines are bottled as Platinum. It’s our reminder that the choices we make have to add up to one better than gold. Made from Merlot (44%), Cabernet Sauvignon (30%), Malbec(18%), Cabernet Franc (5%) and Petit Verdot (3%), the Platinum Meritage was cane-pruned and cropped to under 4 tons per acre. Hand-harvested predominantly from our Desert Ridge Vineyard in Osoyoos, we aged the 2007 vintage 20 months in 100% French oak. Without these details, our Meritage wouldn’t be Platinum. And the results show in every bottle. On that, you have our word.

 

A NOT-SO-LITTLE, LITTLE THING

Just 3% Petit Verdot. Can you smell the violets?

WHAT WE SMELL

Chocolate, roasted coffee, violets.

WHAT WE TASTE

Ripe black fruit like blackberries and plums.

WE’D EAT IT WITH

Spice-rubbed Angus Beef rib eye.

WE’D ALSO PAIR IT WITH

David Lean’s 1965 film, Dr. Zhivago.

 

Harvest Date:

October 2007

Blend:

44% Merlot
30% Cab. Sauv.
18% Malbec
5% Cab. Franc
3% Petit Verdot

Fermentation:

Stainless steel, Pneumatage two times daily

Aging:

20 months, French oak

Bottling Date:

August 31, 2009

Release Date:

November 1, 2010

Cases Produced:

891

Alcohol:

14.3%

Total Acid:

7.30g/l

Residual Sugar:

4.00g/l

pH:

3.42