Tasting Notes:
This gorgeous wine exhibits black cherry aromas, flavors of tart cherries and ripe plums framed by smoky spice notes. This wine has a velvety texture on the palate with great depth and a long, lingering finish. The grapes for the wines are from our biodynamic Sawyed Lindquist Vineyard, which was Demeter certified in 2009.

Technical:
Tempranillo Pesquera clone, Sawyer Lindquist Vineyard 90%
Harvested September 26, 2008
3.38 Tons
24.5 Brix
7.7 TA
3.5 pH

Pumped over twice a day. Pressed October 9, 2008. Put into 40% new French barrels. Finished malolactic fermentation November 21, 2008. Put into neutral barrels November 2009 and blended with 1 barrel of Alban Clone Grenache from Sawyer Lindquist Vineyard. Aged an additional year in barrel.

Grenache Alban Clone, Sawyer Lindquist Vineyard 10%
Harvested October 23, 2008
.4 Tons
24.7 Brix
7.4TA
3.45 pH
Punched down by hand twice a day. Finished primary fermentation by November 13, 2008. Barreled down into neutral barrels. Finished malolactic fermentation by February 17, 2009. Blended with Tempranillo in November 2009. Aged in neutral barrels for an additional year.

Bottled September 2010
240 cases produced
Verdad 2008 Tempranillo “Sawyer Lindquist Vineyard”