Winemaker Notes

The 2019 parched. Red Wine is a blend consisting of 45% Cabernet Sauvignon, 21% Cabernet Franc, 19% Merlot, 13% Barbera, and 2% Malbec. The fruit for this wine is sourced throughout the Napa Valley with a good mix of mountain fruit along with valley floor fruit. The wine exhibits a dark, inky red color, with a richness on the mid-palate, reminiscent of luscious, dark fruit. Layered well with spice and toasty oak, this medium to full bodied wine will be quite pleasant from the start but will reward short term cellaring.

Harvest Notes

The 2019 growing season was seeded with some Spring rain that helped keep everything green until Memorial Day. We had a heat spike in June, and one more in August, but other than that we were treated to relatively nice weather, with cool mornings, leading to warm afternoons. Harvest was completed in multiple passes, with the first block picked September 23rd and the final pick on October 24^th.