Malbec Our Malbec comes from our 56-acre Estate West vineyard located on a contiguous piece of property just across Chalk Hill road from the winery. These west-facing sites feature clay, rock, and loam soils that are perfect for Malbec. Of all the Bordeaux varieties, Malbec is surely the most generous and hedonistic. Tasting Notes This wine is big, bold, and dense, packing abundant savory characters into the bouquet and palate. The first swirl of the glass reveals barrel spice, cigar box, leather, black cherry, and black raspberry. Rich layers of dark chocolate, mocha, and black tea coupled with soft acidity meld seamlessly, lingering long beyond the last sip. $80 Buy Now Wine Fact Sheet View Past Vintages ↓ Past Vintages Malbec Vintages 2019 Fact Sheet Tasting Notes Decadent aromas of violet, black raspberry, dried herbs and leather lead to a dense and complex palate. Flavors mimic the enticing aromas, adding black tea, mixed berries, black pepper and vanilla bean. 2018 Fact Sheet Tasting Notes Our 2018 Malbec is a powerful wine in its own right with a dense and silky texture. Powerful aromatics of cherry, violet, dried thyme, and roasted espresso lead into a palate that is filled with flavors of blueberries, cherries, leather, vanilla, and espresso. 2017 Fact Sheet Tasting Notes In the glass, our 2017 Malbec is a dark crimson color with expressive aromas of black cherry, smoked cedar, and a subtle feminine touch of warm vanilla. On the palate dark fruit flavors combined with spiced black pepper meld together providing the perfect balance of rich chewy tannins and a round silky textured finish. 2016 Fact Sheet Tasting Notes Our 2016 Malbec is a deep garnet color with expressive aromas of black cherry, violet, tobacco and sweet vanilla. This wine is dark and bold, with concentrated flavors of ripe plum, blackberry, espresso and cracked pepper. Dense tannins and a silky texture round out the palate with a subtle gamey character on the finish. 2015 Fact Sheet Tasting Notes Our 2015 Malbec is an intense deep purple color with aromas of black cherry, roasted espresso, dried herbs and cracked pepper. Its flavors are just as powerful with savory notes of dried herbs, cherry, violet, and a gamey character on the finish. 2014 Fact Sheet Tasting Notes Our 2014 Estate Malbec is strikingly deep purple in color with intense aromas of black cherry and smoky cedar. Its flavors are equally bold with concentrated notes of black cherry, graphite, vanilla, pepper and a gamey character on the finish. 2013 96 Points Wine Advocate Fact Sheet Tasting Notes This 2013 proves the point with its powerful aromatics of blueberry, blackberry, coriander, violet, dried thyme, and roasted espresso. The palate is filled with flavors of blueberries, cherries, vanilla, and dark chocolate. 2012 Fact Sheet Tasting Notes This 2012 proves the point with its powerful aromatics of blueberry, dried thyme, roasted meat, and cedar. The palate is filled with flavors of blueberries, cherries, vanilla, and dark chocolate. 2011 Fact Sheet Tasting Notes Aroma descriptors include plum jam, raspberry liqueur, warm baking spices and toasty oak. Blueberries, black cherries and dark chocolate are the dominant flavors. 2010 Fact Sheet Tasting Notes Of all the Bordeaux varieties, Malbec is surely the most generous and hedonistic. This 2010 proves the point with its powerful aromatics of blueberry, flowers, tea leaves, pomegranate and chocolate covered cherries. The palate is smothered with blueberry pie, cloves, pipe tobacco and toasted oak.
