2016 Aura

ABV:

13.8%

Color:

Dark Purple

75% Cabernet Sauvignon

 

25% Tempranillo

Columbia Valley AVA

Single-Vineyard

 

Nose: Ripe Cherry, Leather, Tree Bark, Honey, Musk

 

Palate: medium body, Bing cherry, cedar, roasted beets, and satiny texture.

Winemaking: grapes crushed and destemmed into small bins; hand-punched down three times a day during fermentation; must pressed into 30-50% new French and American Oak after primary fermentation; remains in barrel 20-24 months where it undergoes malolactic fermentation and aging before bottling.

 


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