2007 Columbia Valley

Black Cherry ∙ Coffee ∙ Tobacco ∙ Coffee ∙ Spice

Alc.13.9% By Vol.

Blend 100% Malbec

Growing Season The 2007 growing season was fast and furious. High temperatures caused our fruit to ripen earlier than usual resulting in wonderfully concentrated flavors.

Vineyards The fertile soil and terrain of the Phinny Hill Vineyards are unique products of two types of the largest floods that have ever occurred - eruption of the greatest flood basalt lava flows known on earth and a series of catastrophic ice age glacial floods with flows so large that they permanently altered the landscape of Eastern . At Phinny Hill, this combination of geography and geology combines to produce conditions for growing exceptional wine grapes from which many award-winning wines are produced. Fruit from Phinny Hill Vineyard makes up 50% of this wine. We also sourced fruit from Lonesome Spring Ranch in the Yakima Valley AVA for this wine. This exceptional vineyard produces limited quantities of high quality, ripe fruit with balanced acidity. Fruit from Lonesome Spring Ranch makes up the other 50% of this wine.

Vinification The grapes were sourced from 50% Lonesome Springs Ranch and 50% Phinny Hill. During fermentation, we used both punch downs and pump-overs for optimal extraction. This wine spent 12 months in a combination of new and neutral French oak barrels

Barrel composition 50% New French Oak; 50% Neutral French Oak

Tasting Notes Malbec once a little known grapes has risen up from the ashes of obscurity and become one of the worlds fighting . This Malbec is our own personal tooth stainer. Rich fruit character of plumbs and lychee fruit mingle with violets and Malbec’s signature note of white pepper. Smooth and seamless on the palate makes this wine dangerous! It is so enjoyable to drink you won’t be able to stop with just one glass.

Retail: $32.00 Cases Produced: 94 Release Date: October 2009 90 Points Wine Advocate - reviews available at www.erobertparker.com Gold at Wine Awards 2010