We did our final blending and bottling tonight for the 2009 grapes (excluding the cabernets, which will stay in a barrel for 6 more months).
The tasting trials were the longest and most difficult we've done to date. We tried to find a reasonable Boisique blend, but could not. The merlot just wasn't good enough this year. We ended up with an Encore blend of Petite Sirah, Syrah and Malbec that we liked and a "Tailgate Red" blend with the rest of the wine. The final blends were:
2009 Encore
50% Syrah
32% Petite Sirah
18% Malbec
2009 Tailgate Red
76% Merlot
15% Malbec
5% Cab Franc
4% Syrah
Photos from the night are uploaded to the Riverwoods 2010 album on Picasa at:
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