2009 has been a year of new releases for us, and this is our last for this year.  Just in time for Christmas, we have released a Port style wine called ‘Hart’.   Hart is another name for a mature male deer or stag. Hart was conceived last vintage during a late night in the cellar when, Larry(owner), Dwight(winemaker)and Rod(vineyard manager) were finally able to sit down and have dinner after a long day of processing fruit.  We had had some very ripe Merlot come in that had really high sugars and so a discussion ensued about its possibilities.

Rod had obviously been thinking about it prior to that evening and he just happened to have a bottle of port that he had made, in his lunch bag!   Out it came and after an “extended sampling” of his Port and much discussion on how to best make it, a decision was made to make one barrel. As Rod had the most Port experience,  he became the winemaker for our  first vintage.

Hart is made from 100% Merlot that was aged for 12 months in mature American oak.  Dark burgundy in color, it has rich, warm aromas and flavors of ripe plums with notes of dark chocolate.  Hart has been bottled in 500ml bottles with silk screened labels so it would make a perfect gift for someone special, someone hard to buy for , an employee just for you after a hard day shopping for everyone else!

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