“La Battalla” Red Blend Quady North
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QUADY NORTH “LA BATTALLA” Quady North founder Herb Quady grew up on his family’s winery in RED BLEND Central California and spent some years working for Bonny Doon and completing a Viticulture and Enology degree at Fresno State. A position with Troon Vineyards took him to the Applegate Valley AVA in the Rogue Valley sub-region of Southern Oregon. Quady saw the potential of the Applegate Valley with a more mild climate than the greater Rogue Valley that surrounds it. Cool air is drawn into the valley in the afternoon and the open fields and forests of the area cause heat to escape the vineyards overnight causing 40°F diurnal shifts. These cooling factors are pronounced in the mid-to-late part of the growing season pushing ripening later in the year and drawing out the savory characteristics of Cabernet Franc, Syrah, and Viognier. The Varietal/Blend: 72% Cabernet Franc / 28% Malbec varied soils of the AVA are composed by ancient river beds, flood Farming Practices: practicing organic and biodynamic / plains, stream terraces and alluvial fans/benchlands. LIVE certified sustainable Altitude / Exposure: rows run 45° off true north Soil: gravelly clay and iron-rich soil Vine Training: Guyot and V-type trellising Harvest Technique: by hand Year Vines Were Planted: 2005 and 2011 Yeast: ambient Fermentation: partial whole cluster to two ton open-top fermenters / spontaneous fermentation Malolactic: yes Maturation: 12 months in second vintage and neutral French oak / lees stirring for first 4 months Quady North Winery began in 2005 with the purchase of 100 acres Alcohol: 13.4% that contained the remains of an old motocross track, more than a few Fined: yes aging vehicles, and no vines. Quady’s first planting in 2006 was Mae’s Filtered: sterile filtered Vineyard and the second planting, EV Vineyard, was established in Country: United States 2011; both are named after the Quady’s two daughters and both are Region: Southern Oregon farmed organically with biodynamic preparations. However, Herb Sub Region: Rogue Valley Quady is most passionate about his L.I.V.E Certified Sustainable, a Vineyard: mostly estate fruit rigorous environmental sustainability program based on the standards Vineyard Size: 7 acres of Integrated Production. Quady North grows a wide range of grapes including many Rhône varieties, Cabernet Franc, Tannat, Malvasia Bianca, and Orange Muscat across 24 acres. The Quady estate vineyards cover 14 acres. The rest of the fruit typically comes from plots that Herb’s team, led by his mother-in-law, leases and manages. [email protected] 212-233-1504 .