2018 Mourvèdre – Bingham Family Vineyard

Black Cherry, Strawberry, clove, toffee, blackberry, currant

Barrel Aging
38% new Eastern European oak for 20 months
62% neutral oak for 20 months

Wine Making Notes
Oak fermenter fermented for 11 days
Barrel aged for 20 months

Pan fried Quail with Pomegranate, mint, and orange zest served with black eyed peas with diced Pancetta.

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Uh, what? When you taste the wine you will get it. You will get a balsamic vinegar like punch from the Petite Verdot. It may not seem like a lot, only 7% of the blend, but its nearly double the amount of Petite Verdot uses in the classic Bordeaux blends. They used like 3%, 3.5%, 4%. Crazy people use double digit. Some spices (and some wines) have flavors that go a long way. This dish has a classic protein with milliard reactions giving that umami and protein foundation. That pomegranate seeds (not mentioned) actually give a crunch and touch of bitterness, that contracts the sweet and bitterness from the orange peel, and the mint is the bridge.