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2008 Vintage Tasting Notes

A blend of Cabernet and Merlot, nice fleshy mouth feel, with plum and black fruit flavors, hints of pie spice, undercurrent of cedar and smoky finely delineated tannins. Excellent value. Named for Charlie's Grandmother, who's turned 100 - thus "M(om) 100 (years old).

WINEMAKER'S NOTES The wine has ripe blackcherry and slight herbal, spice notes both in the aroma and on the palate. The wine was aged for eighteen months in both French and American oak barrels. This wine is very approachable upon release and should be consumed quite young.

VINTAGE Overall mild winter and moderate spring weather, led to a slow start to the growing season. Warm summer temperatures led to a nearly normal ripening period of mid September. Long warm days and cool night time temperatures led to nearly perfect conditions for ideal fruit maturation.

VINEYARD Six different vineyard sources were used for this our inaugural release of Red Table Wine. The Cabernet Sauvignon sources used are Sundance Vineyard, Eagle Ranch Vineyard & Martinez Vineyard. The Merlot grapes used for the Red Table Wine came from Vanessa's Vineyard, Clifton Vineyard and Wahluke Vineyard. All vineyard sources are in the Columbia Valley.

FERMENTATION AND AGING All the fruit for this Red Table Wine was hand picked and sorted in the vineyard. Upon arrival at the winery the fruit was destemmed and crushed directly to a small fermentation tank where the wines were punched down three times daily. Primary fermentation was seven days in length. Upon completion of fermentation the wines were gently pressed off and were put in to barrels immediately. Once fermentation was complete in barrel the wine was put through malolactic fermentation immediately. While aging in oak barrels the wines were racked every four months to naturally clarify the wine.