2015 Fianchetto

Winemaker Notes:  XL vineyard consistently produces wines of intense concentration and structure.The 2015 Fianchetto wine has a deep ruby-purple color with a redolent bouquet of ripe black currant, blackberry, black plum, violet, gravel, and cigar tobacco on the bouquet. The full-bodied palate is very complex with precise notes of cassis, black cherry, gravel, cigar tobacco, incense, espresso, vanilla, and dark chocolate. Gentle herbal tones of dried thyme, lavender, and mint add significant interest to the core of fruit. The finish is very long with well delineated notes of cigar tobacco, violets, cedar, and cassis. An exquisitely balanced wine with high dry extract, firm tannic structure, and nervy acidity. Properly cellared, this wine should reach maturity in 8-10 years and drink well for 20+ years.

Fermentation: The wine had a pre-fermentation maceration of 152 hours. 100% native fermentation. The wine was punched down by hand 3 times each day during maceration and fermentation. All individual wine components, including free run and press fractions, were kept separate until final blending.

Cooperage: Elevage was 28 months in 80% new French oak from Troncais. After bottling the wine was aged in our cellar for 36 months prior to release. The wine achieved its sparkly brilliance from 4 judicious rackings, no fining agents were employed. The wine was very gently filtered using crossflow filtration.

Cases Produced: 128

Release Date March, 2021