$45.00 per bottle / $486.00 per case $38.25 per bottle / $432.00 per case (Members)
Red Wine of the Earth En foudre ~ Aged in 10,000 liter upright wood tanks Bright ruby red with a pale ruby rim. Wildly and soulfully aromatic (garrigue de Salinas Valley?), with floral herbs, menthol, and a little fennel in evidence. Bright cherry, fresh red currant, and cranberry flavors undergirded with forest floor and mushroom. Counter-intuitively, there seems to be greater grip on the palate than with the demi-muid. The en foudre bottling is about soulful depth, there is a line that runs through it from the filigreed aroma all the way to the great depth of the wine’s very lingering finish. While the youthful '08 is excellent right now, aging it for 2-3 more years would be all to the good. Vital Statistics Varietal Blend: 45% grenache, 30% syrah, 13% mourvèdre, 7% cinsault, 5% carignane Appellation: Central Coast TA: 6.3 g/L pH: 3.7 Alcohol by Volume: 14.2% Serving Temp: 58°F Cellaring: Aged 20 months Aging potential: 20+ years from release (Sept. 2012) Production: 559 cases
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