Iris Vineyards House Call Red, 2019

Iris Vineyards House Call Red, 2019

Cabernet Franc, Malbec, Merlot

Regular price $19.99 Special Pricing

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From the winery:

VARIETIES 50% Cabernet franc, 32% Malbec, 18% Merlot

AVA Rogue Valley
ELEVAGE 100% French oak, 23% new
VINEYARDS Sams Valley and Folin Vineyards
CASES 510
WINEMAKER Aaron Lieberman

WINEMAKER NOTES
My inspiration for this blend started with a conversation I had with our Director
of Sales about the red blend market. I have enjoyed working with the Bordelaise
varietals since my time at Owen Roe and our sales director thought a blend like this
would be a fun, unique (from Oregon) wine to sell. Each vineyard parcel was
harvested at peak maturity. For me peak maturity means that a wine like this will
have ripe fruit flavors with little to no vegetal aroma while also having
alcohol/tannin/acid balance. The fruit was brought to the winery and destemmed
into 1.25 ton fermenters. Once fermentation in each lot was complete, we pressed
to tank for a one or two day settling period before racking to barrels. The wine lots
were kept separate in barrel until July of 2020 when they were blended together
and returned to barrel for further aging