2007 Platinum Merlot

$34.90

CSPC 573683
UPC 778913 067532

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 clones 181 and 346, the Platinum Merlot was cane-pruned and cropped to under 4 tons per acre.  Hand-harvested at Desert Ridge, CedarCreek, Greata Ranch, Mauz and Van Western Vineyards, we aged the 2007 vintage 20 months in 100% French oak from Coopers Fouquet, Taransaud, Vicard and Dargaud & Jaegle. Without these details, our Merlot wouldn’t be Platinum.  And the results show in every bottle.  On that, you have our word.

A NOT-SO-LITTLE, LITTLE THING

The product of a 20-year obsession with making the Okanagan's best Merlot.

WHAT WE SMELL

Black fuits, coffee, vanillaand mocha.

WHAT WE TASTE

Raspberry, blueberry, chocolate and spice.

WE’D EAT IT WITH

Pulled pork sandwiches. Yes, plural.

WE’D ALSO PAIR IT WITH

Fridays at 6pm

Harvest Date:

September 25 to October 29, 2007

Blend:

97% Merlot
3% Cab. Sauv.

Fermentation:

Stainless steel, Kathunking, 2 times daily

Aging:

20 months in French Oak

Bottling Date:

August 26 and 27, 2009

Release Date:

October 1, 2010

Cases Produced:

878

Alcohol:

14.6%

Total Acid:

7.40g/l

Residual Sugar:

1.50g/l

pH:

3.36