2023 Estate Reserve - Releasing Soon
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Tasting Notes

Hailing from almost 80% McQueen Vineyard, the new Estate Reserve showcases the beauty of the site. Darker fruit than the Cabernet, more fresh and ripe blackberry, reminiscent of the landscape in and around the ridgeline of McQueen. This wine is all about finesse over power but don’t mistake it for not being powerful. Elegant tannin that unfurls with time in the glass and slightly more energy on the finish. Juicy and pleasing - hard not drink the whole bottle! Drink 2030 through 2045.

     
- Josh McDaniels, CEO & Director of Winemaking

Vintage Notes

This growing season was a fantastic one and the wines say that for themselves. Coming off of a cool year with large crops in 2022, 2023 was almost the opposite. A slightly late bud break was followed by a beautifully warm summer with minimal heat spikes that kept the vines ripening, healthy, and balanced. A warm summer was tempered by fantastic weather during our harvest months of September and October. I began picking for Doubleback on September 14th with a block of Merlot from our Schafer estate and finished a little over a month later with Petit Verdot from McQueen. The wines are a perfect combination of warm season flavors, while retaining freshness, density, balance and a unique expression of Cabernet grown our estate owned and managed vineyard sites.

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