2020 Côt, Dineen

100% Côt (aka malbec), planted 2001

AVA
Rattlesnake Hills, Columbia Valley, WA

VINIFICATION
100% whole-cluster 16 days on skins. All-native fermentation. Neutral oak aging 15 months.

TASTING NOTES
Nose; Black plum, floral, pink peppercorn, and spice on the nose. Fermented black tea leaves. Plum skins, dank earth.
Palate; Tart raspberry, black cherry pits, and pink peppercorn with a high-pitched backbone of black slate.

ASPECT/ALTITUDE/CLIMATE/SOIL
South facing at 1050-1140 feet. Harvard-Burke/Scoon silt loam soil, with calcium carbonate sub-soil.