2008 Red Mt. Melange

Wine Details

Appelation: Red Mountain

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Blend: 55% Cabernet Sauvignon, 36% Merlot, 9% Cabernet Franc

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Alcohol: 13.4%

Details: 24.5° brix / .68 TA / 3.47 pH

Retail Price: $29.00 / Cases:

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Tasting Notes

Dark mahogany red in color.  The 2008 Melange aroma is redolent of cassis and herbs.  This wine exhibits good structure and the capacity to age for many years.  Old world in style but still with the indelible mark of Red Mountain terroir.

Winemaking

Wilridge winemaker Paul Beveridge is known for his single vineyard red wines, but in select vintages he produces his Melange - a blend of grapes from different vineyards that he thinks best reflects the characteristics of the vintage.  The blend changes every year.  In 2008, Paul took inspiration from the wines of Bordeaux and made a blend of 55% Cabernet Sauvignon, 36% Merlot, and 9% Cabernet Franc all from vineyards on Red Mountain in Eastern Washington.  The component wines were each vinified separately and not blended until shortly before bottling after extensive tasting trials.  Only 127 cases were produced.  

Winemaker Comments

"I only make a Melange in years where I think there is more to the vintage than can be expressed solely by my single-vineyard bottlings.  The 2008 Melange showcases Washington State's amazing Red Mountain Appellation - arguably the best area to grow red grapes in the State.  I have been working with vineyards on Red Mountain since 1988.  For the 2008 Melange I tried to make a Washington State version of a classic Bordeaux.  I tamed the fruit with extensive barrel aging and created a refined and structured wine meant to last for years.  Try it with grilled meats or roast beef." ~ P. Beveridge

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