Description

Palisades Red Blend By Joel Gott

Vineyards

To make a well-balanced red wine, we blended Cabernet Sauvignon, Syrah and Petit Verdot from five different appellations in California. Fruit from Napa Valley lends complexity while Mendocino fruit gives the wine its color and rich, ripe fruit flavors. Lake County adds structured tannins and minerality while smaller, more concentrated fruit clusters from Monterey offers fruit-forward notes. Vineyards in Santa Barbara experience cool, foggy mornings and warmer afternoons, bringing out well-developed fruit flavors and balanced acidity in the grapes.

Winemaking

After fermentation, the wine was aged in 1-year-old American oak and 2-year-old French oak to complement the flavors and tannins of the wine and soften the mid-palate.

Tasting Notes

The Joel Gott Palisades Artist Series red wine has aromas of cherry pie and roasted coffee with notes of vanilla and spice. On the palate, bright cherry flavors lead to smooth tannins and subtle acidity on the mid-palate with notes of spice on the long, delicate finish.

Palisades Red Blend By Joel Gott Notes To Your Senses:

• APPEARANCE: Dark purple
• AROMA: Cherry pie, roasted coffee, vanilla and spice
• TASTE: Bright cherry flavors lead to smooth tannins and subtle acidity on the mid-palate with notes of spice
• FINISH: Long and delicate
• ABV: 13.9%