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Mystic
Winery
 Mystic Wines was founded in Oregon by Rick
Mafit in 1992. Rick spent the 80’s making wine in California’s
Sonoma and Mendocino counties and moved north eager to find sites where “Big
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The wine is impressive before it's opened-you have to love the classy cork label with the funky design. Open it to discover gushing ripe plums, cassis, and dark cherries scented with lavender. With a little time in the glass, classic tobacco leaf...read more
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Rick Mafit says: "Rich ripe cassis and blackberry with elegantly soft yet structured tannin ( a combination of the fruit and about 50% new oak-Seguin-Moreau Chateau Frere thin staved barrels.) Round and soft in the mouth with hints of cocoa and suppl...read more
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Mystic Syrah 05 is made from a tiny vineyard in the Columbia Gorge. Complex scents of cassis, black chery liqueur, cedar, and intriguing hints of caraway and herbs. Juicy flavors of black berry, black cherry, and touches of five spice linger on the ...read more
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Flowers and sweet fruit scents, with slurpable plum, black and red cherries. It's classic Zin, but with nice balance for food. The wine is made from the tiny, old vine Hillside Vineyard in the Columbia Gorge. Everything that makes Zin addicting. ...read more
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Robust, dark Pinot noir from Cab-Merlot-Syrah producer Mystic. Made from Temperance Hill Vineyard east of Salem....read more
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Big, rich, unusually complex and layered, a step above most Merlots in quality and satisfaction.
Nose: black chery, black raspberry, hints of clove and cinnamon;
Flavors: sweet fruit with dark notes of anise, licorice, pie spice, and barrel toa...read more
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The nose is earthy, with cassis and black cherry liqueor notes. First impression of the flavors is of sweet, spicy, slurpy, ripe black fruits, but the taste shifts quickly in the mouth to hints of toast, warmth, charcoal, black currant, and finishes...read more
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MORE INFORMATION
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Mystic
Winery
Mystic Wines was founded in Oregon by Rick
Mafit in 1992. Rick spent the 80’s making wine in California’s
Sonoma and Mendocino counties and moved north eager to find sites where “Big
Reds” -- most notably Merlot -- would thrive and where he could
make wines of distinction.
After scouring the state, he found The Dalles
region (Columbia Valley) in the Columbia Gorge, just this side of the
Washington Border. This area has a longer growing season and the heat
necessary to fully ripen Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon, and Syrah varieties.
Dillon Mafit (Rick’s son) designed the monochromatic
label printed on actual “cork” paper. The idea emulates Reserve
bottlings of many small wineries in Portugal. Each label varies with
the patterns created by the natural cork and the way it absorbs the sepia
ink creating a uniquely attractive package. This label recently won an
award for Best Use of Art in Label Design in the 2001 San Diego
National Wine Competition.
Mystic Wines has been producing small quantities
of Oregon Merlot since 1992. In the year 2002 they are also released limited
amounts of Syrah, Zinfandel, Cabernet Sauvignon, and their first ever RESERVE
Merlot.
The1999 Merlot was aged in French oak (about 45%
new) for 24 months and bottle aged before release in late 2002. Great structure
with loads of blackberry and cassis fruit, and intimations of chocolate
and coffee in the finish. The wine grants both the rich fruit one looks
for to enjoy now, and the guts to last well into one's future drinking
pleasure!
Rick Mafit
Mystic’s first Cabernet
(1997) was released in the year 2000. Similarly so with the 1998. The
newest, the 1999 Vintage
is another bold, dense, brooding wine that makes a great addition to a
classic table where its structure and mouthfilling, elegant fruit compliment
hearty fare.
Released in January 2001 was Mystic's 1999 Syrah
(the winery's first!), and like their 1997 Cabernet, sold out in just a
few months. The 2000 Syrah has been a classic since harvest exhibiting
jammy fruit and huge, beautiful black pepper aromas.
Rick Mafit's goal is to
stay small, handle the wines and winerywith is family, and produce outstanding
hand-crafted wines in
limited quantities. The wines are ready to drink upon release, yet will
also benefit from additional cellaring. SALUTÉ!
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