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Thick Skinned Red Mountain Red Wine Washington State 2018 (750ml)
Price: $39.99
Sale Price: $34.95
A Bordeaux-style blend of bold character, showing depth of dark berry fruit and finished in...
| Producer | Thick Skinned Red Mountain Red Wine Washington State |
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| Country | United States |
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| Region | Washington State |
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| Subregion | Red Mountain |
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| Varietal | 58.4% Cabernet Sauvignon, 36.1% Malbec, 5.5% Petit Verdot |
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| Vintage | 2018 |
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| Sku | 31162 |
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| Size | 750ml |
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Thick Skinned Red Mountain Red Wine
Washington State 2018
Standing apart from the surrounding hills, Red Mountain’s southwest-facing slopes encourage the grapes to ripen and develop their deep, dark skin color. From the “Heart of the Hill” our grapes are picked by hand. It is during the fermentation process that these thick, sun-ripened skins reveal the distinctly lush textures and flavors locked inside.
A Bordeaux-style blend of bold character, showing depth of dark berry fruit and finished in French oak barrels for 24 months allows the wine to gain supporting flavors of toast, vanilla, cedar and a hint of smoothness. A wine that is as elegant as it is bold. Thick Skinned represents everything that Red Mountain has to offer.
Origin: Red Mountain, Washington
Grape Varieties: 58.4% Cabernet Sauvignon, 36.1% Malbec, 5.5% Petit Verdot
Alcohol: 14.4%
Tasting Notes
Bouquet: Cocoa, sweet coconut, dark berry, vanilla, and cherry fruit.
Taste: Bright cherry followed by chocolate with hints of caramel and toast. Firm mouth-filling tannins coat the palate.
Food Pairings: Try with sausage and peppers or truffle risotto.
Soil: Windblown loess from the heart of Red Mountain’s southwest-facing slopes.
Loess
In some parts of the world, windblown dust and silt blanket the land. This layer of fine, mineral-rich material is called loess.
Loess is mostly created by wind, but can also be formed by glaciers.
When glaciers grind rocks to a fine powder, loess can form. Streams carry the powder to the end of the glacier. This sediment becomes loess.
Production Technique
Separate handpicked lots from Kiona’s “Heart of the Hill” vineyard are fermented in 3-5 ton fermenters. Each varietal is barrel-aged in 50% new French oak for 6 months prior to blending. The wine is then returned to the barrel for an additional 12 months of barrel aging. After bottling the wine is given a minimum of 12 months bottle age before release.
Red Mountain AVA
Red Mountain is a premier wine region in southeast Washington known for world class Cabernet Sauvignon, Syrah, Merlot and other varieties. The first vines were planted in 1975, and the AVA is now home to many of the state’s most celebrated vineyards. Red Mountain wines have intensity, power and elegance.
Thick Skinned Red Mountain Red Wine Washington State Description
Banfi
Banfi was founded in 1978 thanks to the will of the Italian-American brothers, John and Harry Mariani.
From the beginning, the goal of the two brothers was to create a state-of-the-art winery combined with the most advanced science in the vineyards for the production of premium wines.
Together with the Mariani family, Ezio Rivella, one of Italy's foremost enologists, who understood that due to the richness of the soils and the privileged microclimatic position, the property would have great capacity of development.
In those years, the brothers, John and Harry, also purchased Bruzzone, a historic winery in Piedmont. Founded in 1860 and specialized in the production of sparkling wines, today is known as Banfi Piemonte.
The Winery
Designed to protect the integrity and richness of the grape, the winery employs state of the art technology, the result of revolutionary technical research and innovation.
And in this same philosophy, based on continual research, that a number of projects came to be on our estate, including the clonal study of Sangiovese, research on the composition and aging of wood for barrels – the great protagonist of aging wine – and the completion of our “Horizon” microvinification area, creating a winery within a winery. This project, entirely conceived and developed by and at Banfi, is made up of a series of expedient high level solutions undertaken to improve upon each phase of winemaking.
The tremendous undertaking for vinification is followed by a long silent rest in wood, where the great wines of Banfi, principally reds, evolve over the passage of time and refine their most distinctive characteristics of strength, elegance and longevity. More than 7000 customized barrels, laid out in orderly rows, and large casks make up the heart of Banfi, which beats in the silent and peaceful ambience surrounding our winery.
Banfi In The World
The wines of Banfi are born of a passion and love for unique terroirs, from continuous research, and from the intimate knowledge of different territories and the ability to marry time tested and respected techniques with innovative solutions in both the vineyard and the winery.
The splendid vineyards of Montalcino and Chianti, of Piedmont and the Tuscan coast, are the ideal cradle for wines of great character and outstanding quality. In recent years, Banfi has grown significantly its range of wines. Exclusive for Italy, in addition to distribution of its own wines from Tuscany, as well as from Piedmont, were added Concha y Toro, one of the most renowned wineries of Chile in the world, and Emiliana, known and appreciated worldwide for its organic and biodynamic wines. For the Italian market, Banfi also distributes the prestigious Sicilian Palari wines and the fine Joseph Perrier Champagne. Recently the portfolio was enriched with two new jewels: from Washington State the Pacific Rim Riesling and from Oregon the Rainstorm Pinot Noir.
