This is our winter Côt (aka Malbec), a meatier and more intense version than the lighter-bodied Dineen Vineyard version. Pronounced aromas and flavors of tart black cherry, peppercorn, and pine combine with a long finish of lifted fruit.  Aged 10 months in neutral French oak. Native fermentation. Unfiltered.

VINIFICATION
30% whole-cluster, native fermentation, lightly pressed and aged for 10 months in neutral barrel.  Alcohol: 12.4%,

TASTING NOTES
Pronounced aromas and flavors of tart black cherry, peppercorn, and pine combine with a long finish of lifted fruit.

ASPECT/ALTITUDE/CLIMATE/SOIL
South facing at 1200 feet.  Silt loam, wind-blown loess, and Missoula flood deposits on top of fractured basalt.

PRODUCTION
333 cases