TASTE BENCHMARKS | |||
Profile #1 Full-Flavored Exotic Style |
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Appearance | Med red. | ||
Aroma | Violets, black cherry, black pepper, licorice, bay leaf, marmite. | ||
Flavor | Lemon juice, plum jam, dried blueberry. Moderate, well-formed tannins. | ||
Balance | Excellent balance, good energy, finely knit. | ||
PRODUCTION CORRELATIONS | |||
Terroir | Well-drained, loamy soils with decomposed granite on the Valley floor at 1100 feet. Also some rockier spots at 2500 feet with some igneous influence, resulting in more minerally wines with harder tannins. Hot, rising Palm Desert air to the East daily pulls cooling air from the Pacific 18 miles West through the Rainbow Gap in the coastal mountains. |