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The nose reveals; dark cassis, bright perfumes florals, vanilla, dark chocolate & rich soils. The body is leaner and the tannins M+. The fruits are riper & brighter than the 14. On the palate, the fruits are; blackberries, black plum, dark cherries, black raspberries and poached strawberries. Crushed rocks, light spice, vanilla, dry top soil, suede leather with better acidity and a leaner, balanced, longer finish than the 14. Photos of; a side view of Pepper Bridge Winery, their wine library room; which doubles as private tasting room. Last photo and soils history...the periodic rupturing of the ice dam resulted in the Missoula Floods. These cataclysmic floods swept across eastern Washington and down the Columbia River Gorge between 12,000 & 15,000 years ago. The silty, loamy soils you see in the photo (5-6 feet deep) were deposited over the entire AVA and beyond. In some areas, it's goes down 200 feet and on other higher elevations, it's only a couple inches of top soil with 100 plus feet of Basalt beneath. The floods created some of the most fertile agricultural land for wheat etc. and of course, grape growing.
The nose reveals; dark cassis, bright perfumes florals, vanilla, dark chocolate & rich soils. The body is leaner and the tannins M+. The fruits are riper & brighter than the 14. On the palate, the fruits are; blackberries, black plum, dark cherries, black raspberries and poached strawberries. Crushed rocks, light spice, vanilla, dry top soil, suede leather with better acidity and a leaner, balanced, longer finish than the 14. Photos of; a side view of Pepper Bridge Winery, their wine library room; which doubles as private tasting room. Last photo and soils history...the periodic rupturing of the ice dam resulted in the Missoula Floods. These cataclysmic floods swept across eastern Washington and down the Columbia River Gorge between 12,000 & 15,000 years ago. The silty, loamy soils you see in the photo (5-6 feet deep) were deposited over the entire AVA and beyond. In some areas, it's goes down 200 feet and on other higher elevations, it's only a couple inches of top soil with 100 plus feet of Basalt beneath. The floods created some of the most fertile agricultural land for wheat etc. and of course, grape growing.
Walla Walla Valley, Oregon/Washington, USA
