ded reckoning #19 Lola 2018

A return to the much loved Southern Rhone style wine in the ded.reckoning program and oh what a wine it is. 75% Grenache, 20% Syrah and 5% Cinsault, all from the Olson vineyard in Yakima. Morgan Lee made this wine utilizing the traditional, old world method of wild yeast fermentation, 40% of which was whole cluster, then aged for 18 months in 25% new, French oak puncheons. Another dead ringer for a Chateauneuf du Pape, it has the grilled and smoked meat component of southern France, plus more of that lanolin note seen in fresh wool, combined with the gorgeous raspberry, cherry and cassis notes of Washington, with a dash of cracked black pepper and hints of lavender, dried rose buds and rosemary. Another showstopper from Morgan, and extremely limited
70 cases produced,