Fidelitas M100 Red Table Wine 07
Fidelitas M100 Red Table Wine 07 - 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).
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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.
