WINE TECHNICALS:

Harvest date: September 28th, 2018
Fruit source: East Block Dijon clone 777 planted 2002
Grapes at harvest: Brix: 23.4, pH: 3.12, TA: 7.4 g/L
Finished wine: Alcohol 13.5 %, pH: 3.54, TA: 5.8 g/L
Barrel aged 15 months in French oak, 40% new barrels
105 cases bottle unfined on February 10th, 2020

WINEMAKER NOTES:

For a section of our vineyard that is much better known for poise and purity over power, the 2018 vintage showed us that the weather can always upend our preconceived notions. The 2018 Shallows is a dense, compact wine in its youth with racy acidity that has been a hallmark of the vintage but also brooding, mouth coating tannins. The good news is behind the structure waiting to be coaxed out is a bounty of black berry, black currant, and baking spice that should evolve beautifully with 5- 7 years of cellaring.

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