Beautiful complexity aromatically and texturally. Red fruited, floral and an earthen silkiness. Nice acidity, welcome chewy structure but lighter extraction, lively to drink. I’d say this Mourvèdre is in prime drinking window, but has years of life ahead. Appreciate an old world “completeness” here and glad to have had patience. Bravo Hardy 👏
Beautiful complexity aromatically and texturally. Red fruited, floral and an earthen silkiness. Nice acidity, welcome chewy structure but lighter extraction, lively to drink. I’d say this Mourvèdre is in prime drinking window, but has years of life ahead. Appreciate an old world “completeness” here and glad to have had patience. Bravo Hardy 👏
Dec 6th, 2017
Aaaahhh Dirty Durty Duuurty... A little rough out of the gates in the first day, but this wine was just bottled, and judging it now would be as ludicrous as telling a 6 year old he'll never grow up to be a Unicorn Wrangler. Second day it was more intact, more cinnamon spice I associate with good carbonic maceration, not the banana and cotton candy. Bright, fresh red berry fruits, soft mid-palate with sour cherry core, fine but dense tannins and loaded with spice. This wine shows all the right dimensions of being something beautiful, I'd say 6 months and she won't be afraid to show herself to you. 2 years, and you'll wish you'd saved more bottles. Picked at 20.7 degrees Brix, whole cluster fermented, "barely" foot tread, more just pushed down with feet to maintain whole berries under the juice to promote carbonic maceration. A fairly aggressive pressing was done at the end of ferment to try to squeeze some tannins out and add a bit of structure and texture. Aged in one 5 year old Demi-muid and one 5 year old French oak barrel. Never racked until bottling. 82 cases made. 11.6% alcohol 3.9 pH
Aaaahhh Dirty Durty Duuurty... A little rough out of the gates in the first day, but this wine was just bottled, and judging it now would be as ludicrous as telling a 6 year old he'll never grow up to be a Unicorn Wrangler. Second day it was more intact, more cinnamon spice I associate with good carbonic maceration, not the banana and cotton candy. Bright, fresh red berry fruits, soft mid-palate with sour cherry core, fine but dense tannins and loaded with spice. This wine shows all the right dimensions of being something beautiful, I'd say 6 months and she won't be afraid to show herself to you. 2 years, and you'll wish you'd saved more bottles. Picked at 20.7 degrees Brix, whole cluster fermented, "barely" foot tread, more just pushed down with feet to maintain whole berries under the juice to promote carbonic maceration. A fairly aggressive pressing was done at the end of ferment to try to squeeze some tannins out and add a bit of structure and texture. Aged in one 5 year old Demi-muid and one 5 year old French oak barrel. Never racked until bottling. 82 cases made. 11.6% alcohol 3.9 pH
3 people found it helpfulMay 21st, 2013
Fantastic purity, so fresh, a wine with love. Hardy makes inspired wines.
Fantastic purity, so fresh, a wine with love. Hardy makes inspired wines.
2 people found it helpfulMar 30th, 2014
Santa Barbara County, Central Coast, California, USA
