THE FALL RESET

Harvest is always an exciting time for a winemaker, full As we look ahead to the new season, I’m eager to share of promise and expectation. After summer days driving our full lineup of Rugged Elements wines, now available through the countryside visiting vineyards, I find myself to Kenwood club members. (Just wait until you try the back in the high-energy bustle of a winery during and Malbec in this shipment!) After seeing the harvest. Never a dull moment! success of this phenomenal new line, I can’t help but wonder which vineyard block will be the one that shines The next time you visit us at Kenwood, you’ll notice lots this year. Mother Nature and thoughtful farming can of newly planted, happily growing vines lining the conspire to make spectacular fruit, and it is our humble driveway up to the tasting room. We had pulled out the pleasure to turn it into the best wine possible. old Merlot vines and left the field fallow for a couple years to allow the soil to rejuvenate naturally before replanting. Now all the new “baby” vines are To Fall, SEPTEMBER 2021 flourishing, protected from critters by “grow tubes.” (Not so long ago, we used to make our own tubes from hollowed-out milk cartons.) Zeke Neeley, Kenwood Vineyards Winemaker

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RUGGED ELEMENTS ANDREW’S VINEYARD 2019 RUGGED ELEMENTS ESTATE MERLOT 2019

dry Creek valley 5.2 / 3.61 14.5% 6.2 / 3.45 13.5%

TASTING NOTES TASTING NOTES This Chardonay oers creamy texture and cluster pressed to protect the crisp avors of This merlot oers aromas of black plum, on the skins the free run was drained to tank, pleasant minerality with aromas of baked apple, the Chardonnay grapes, and the juice was cocoa powder and cedar forest. The settled, then barreled down. After 14 months in brioche, cinnamon stick, and nutmeg. The settled in stainless steel tanks before being palate is lively and pleasant with avors barrel the winemakers selected the ideal barrels mouthfeel is rich and broad with avors of ripe placed in French oak barrels for fermentation. of black cherry and blackberry bramble, for the blend-40% new oak, 50% French and 50% pear and a hint of meringue. The lush viscosity The wine was bottled after 11 months of approachable tannins and a hit of American oak barrels. lingers long after. extended sur lie aging where the yeast lees roasted hazelnut. were stirred weekly to give the wine its FROM THE WINEMAKER pleasant, creamy texture. FROM THE WINEMAKER The grapes were hand harvested at night on The grapes were hand-harvested in the September 17th, allowing us to gently process early morning hours of October 1st, 2019 the clusters. At the winery, the fruit was whole RETAIL: $38 I REORDER: $27 and destemmed to tank. After 13 days RETAIL: $38 I REORDER: $27

JACK LONDON DRY FARMED 2019 RUGGED ELEMENTS SANTA NELLA VINEYARD 2019 RUGGED ELEMENTS LONE PINE MALBEC 2019

sonoma mountain 6.3 / 3.81 14.9% russian river Valley 6.0 / 3.62 14.5% sonoma valley 5.4 / 3.63 14.1%

DRY FARMING TASTING NOTES TASTING NOTES The wineyard blocks for this wine are located season soil moisture allowed us to let the fruit Elegant fruity notes of black cherry, raspberry Average and ideal temperatures dominated The Lone Pine Vineyard is located in the FROM THE WINEMAKER at the highest elevation of the ranch and are hang for longer than 2018, leading to an and rhubarb are joined by subtle touches of the Russian River Valley that summer, leading southern Sonoma Valley at the The grapes were hand-harvested in the early farmed without irrigation. The only source of October 25th pick date. The grapes were spice and toasty oak. The palate is full-bodied to slow ripering and intensely avored grapes. southeastern base of Sonoma Mountain. morning hours of October 26th, 2019 and water comes from natural rainfall and an fermented on the skins for 19 days before with soft tannins, excellent acid balance and a Our Santa Nella Pinot Noir grapes were night Its distinctive sandy-loam soil produces destemmed to tank. After 16 days on the skins the underground mountain spring, allowing the being drained and the free run sent to barrel. long, lingering nish with raspberry, cardamom harvested on September 19th. We destemmed excellent big-bodied red wines with free run was drained to tank, settled, then barreled wine to express its full potential of avor. The wine aged 18 months in oak barrels, the and a subtle curry powder note. the grapes into stainless steel tanks and wonderful intensity of fruit. It is named down. After 14 months in barrel the winemakers majority of which were French oak and around fermented for 14 days on the skins before for the large tree that grows in the middle selected the deal barrels for the blend-40% new FROM THE WINEMAKER 65% new oak barrels. FROM THE WINEMAKER sending the free run to oak barrels where the of the vineyard; a remnant of the original oak, 75% American and 25% French oak barrels. The 2019 vintage had a wet spring followed 2019 started with massive Spring rains all the wine aged 21 months. 1912 farmhouse that was there. by summer temperatures typical for Sonoma way into May which recharged the ground Mountain leading to even ripening. The early RETAIL: $55 I REORDER: $39 water and led to happy and healthy vines. RETAIL: $44 I REORDER: $31 RETAIL: $40 I REORDER: $28