| TASTE BENCHMARKS | |||
| Profile #1 Valley Floor luscious |
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| Appearance | Very dark ruby | ||
| Aroma | Clean, bright plum and blackberry compote. | ||
| Flavor | Fine sweet tannins and oozing with dense jammy ollalieberry flavors. | ||
| Balance | Round, generous and feminine. | ||
| PRODUCTION CORRELATIONS | |||
| Oenological | Heavily extracted but drinkable. | ||
| Viticultural | Less tendency to rot than most low lying cool regions because of fog-free conditions. Vigorous canopies need to be thinned to permit sunlight exposure to fruit. | ||
| Terroir | The mold-suppressing powers of the constant sunlight which characterizes this valley is greatly beneficial for this thin-skinned, rot-prone varietal. Deep clay soils, Region II. | ||