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McQueen ESTATE

“Tight at first, opening to ripe blackberry, dark fruit, cassis, black olive, and hints of herbs de Provence. I am loving this wine and the vineyard block planted on the south side of McQueen in fractured basalt. Broad on the palate, softer than years past but builds to a pleasurable finish and tannins coating the mouth lightly. A tiny amount of this wine was produced from one single puncheon in the cellar."

— Josh McDaniels

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Lefore VINEYARD

“As usual, this wine aromatically has a ton of range and complexity. Whole cluster stems, soy sauce, beef jerky, Mediterranean olives, and much more as it opens up. I am proud of the acidity of this wine as it reflects the multiple picking passes early and late in the growing season to capture different elements of this vineyard- a challenging but well rewarded technique. Aged entirely in one, 2,000L oval, the wine has both a levity and a density to it as the fine-grained tannins unfold to a long finish. Decant now and enjoy through the next ten years of drinking pleasure."

— Josh McDaniels