2019 Ordeaux 'South Bank' Red Wine
The cooler 2019 vintage allowed us the opportunity to use all of the traditional Bordeaux grapes grown in our vineyard. Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Malbec, Merlot, and Petit Verdot. We fermented and aged the wine in our exclusive Tonnellerie Quintessence wooden eggs. This wine reminds us of the great Bordeaux’s of the 1980’s with finished alcohol of 12.22% no less! The wine is a gorgeous dark garnet color with layers and layers of smoked paprika, river stone, dust, blackberries, and roses. Unfined (vegan). Unfiltered. Low Sulfur.
100% Oregon.
Look to the Rivers 🛶
To find the great Bordeaux blends in the world, look to the rivers. The cooler 2019 vintage allowed us the opportunity to use all of the traditional Bordeaux grapes grown in our vineyard. Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Malbec, Merlot, and Petit Verdot. We fermented and aged the wine in our exclusive Tonnellerie Quintessence wooden eggs. This wine reminds us of the great Bordeaux’s of the 1980’s with finished alcohol of 12.22% no less! The wine is a gorgeous dark garnet color with layers and layers of smoked paprika, river stone, dust, blackberries, and roses. Unfined (vegan). Unfiltered. Low Sulfur.
100% Oregon.
WINE INFO
APPELLATION: Columbia Gorge AVA
VINTAGE: 2019
GRAPE: Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Malbec, Cab Franc, Petit Verdot
ESTATE GROWN: No, purchased grapes
VINEYARD SOURCE: Redacted Vineyard
VINEYARD AGE: 7 years old
DRY FARMED: Yes, 1st year
OWN ROOTED: Yes
SOIL TYPE: Basalt, River Sedimentary, Loess
ELEVATION: 600 ft (183 m)
HARVEST DATE: October 8th, 2018
HARVEST METHOD: Hand Harvested
BRIX @ HARVEST: 25.0
pH @ HARVEST: 3.41
SKIN CONTACT: 20 days in Wood Eggs
CHAPTALIZATION: Never
FERMENTATION: Ambient Yeast
MATURATION VESSEL: 390L Perle of Quintessence
ALCOHOL (by volume): 12.22%
SULFUR DIOXIDE (SO₂): 10 mg/L
ACIDITY SCALE (pH): 3.87 pH
TOTAL ACIDITY: 5.8 g/L
FINING AGENT: Unfined (Vegan)
FILTRATION: Unfiltered
BOTTLE SIZE: 750ml & 1.5L & 3L
CLOSURE TYPE: FineCorkX (99.99% TCA Free)
PRODUCTION: 400 cases + 48 magnums
BOTTLING DATE: September 13th, 2020
RELEASE DATE: October 1st, 2020
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“The ‘South Bank’s black-and-blue berries waltz with notes of iodine, dried rose petals, and graphite. It is a lithe and lean 12.22% ABV. I also highly recommend the 2018 Ordeaux ‘BLV’ Cabernet Sauvignon.”
