2019 Uncle Tannat

2019 was a strange vintage. Growers across Arizona (and beyond) were faced with the biggest yields we’ve seen in 15 years of making wine. While not necessarily a bad problem, many growers wound up with surplus fruit and were having a hard time finding customers to take it all. We were very fortunate to get a call in the middle of harvest from Michelle Minta and Todd Meyers from Rhumb Line Vineyard. We’d been hearing good things about their grapes, and, although we didn’t really have room for more, we thought it’d be a great way to try some of their fruit, help them out and maybe start a new partnership. While this wine still has that classic Tannat tannin and rich, big finish; the fruit characters are some of the purest and cleanest we’ve ever seen from this varietal. Truly delicious! Only two barrels produced.