The 2020 growing season started with a hard frost on Mother's Day that reduced yields by 40%. The remaining fruit exhibited great balanced and concentrated flavors. This rich and luxurious full-bodied wine is layered with aromas of dark fruit jam, spice and shaved chocolate. This wine lavishes your palate with berries, crushed herbs and vanilla. The finish is supple and velvety with polished tannins, red fruit and a kiss of minerals.

Varietal:  Red Blend- Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Syrah and Cabernet Franc

Harvested: Various days in September and October 2020

Bottled: June 13, 2021

Released On: June 20, 2021

Number of Bottles Produced: 11,294

Cooperage:  50% French Oak and 50% American Oak

375 ml Bottle

This release is the third step in our journey of an old world style of “port” made using the Solera method. Although we cannot call it Port per the Government regulations because In 2005, the EU and US reached a bilateral accord to end a round of negotiations that had lasted twenty years. One of the significant parts of the agreement was that American wines could no longer use place names such as Champagne, Chianti, or Port on new wine labels unless you were commercially using them prior to that date.

The "Solera" style process is when we combine the past vintages ageing in barrels with the current vintage. We take just enough to bottle the current year and leave the remaining to continue to age with more air space  or "ullage" in the barrel which accelerates the oxidative affects on the wine, slowly turning the "ruby" ports more "tawny".

So this release is a combination of 2017, 2018, 2019, and 2020 vintages. These vintages have been ageing in French and American oak. Next year will be a combination of 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021. And so on. So in 20 years, in every bottle will be 20 consecutive years blended into 1 bottle!  - A time capsule!!!

This wine is layered in aromas of figs, raisins, baked plums, licorice and baking spices with a hint of vanilla. The pallet is velvety, with a vein of acidity that runs through the finish. It is a blend of Cynthiana, Aglianico and Petit Verdot varieties.

This wine is one that can age for decades if you have the willpower. if you do not finish this bottle in the same day, simply put the cork in and put in your refrigerator until next use. It will be very drinkable for 4-6 weeks after.

Varietal:  Red Blend

Number of Bottles Produced: 6,000

Varietal: Cabernet Sauvignon 39%, Merlot 26%, Chambourcin 13%, Cabernet Franc 10%, Syrah 9%, Petit Verdot  3%
 
Harvested: Various days in September and October 2020
 
Bottled: January 28, 2021
 
Released: February 12, 2021
 
Number of Bottles Produced: 7,560
 
Cooperage:  French Oak 70%, American Oak 30%

6 bottle max per order.

This sweet red vermouth was aged in oak barrels and then steeped with a proprietary blend of botanicals. This artful process yielded a sophisticated ingredient for cocktails. It is equally elegant served neat, as an aperitif or served our favorite way, on the rocks with a twist of orange and spring of rosemary.

Number of bottles produced- 4,548