Wine Library Bingham Family Vineyard, La Pradera Vineyard
2018 Mourvèdre – Bingham Family Vineyard
93% Mourvedre, and 7% Petit Verdot
- Vintage2018
- TypeRed
- AppellationTexas High Plains AVA
- VineyardBingham Family Vineyard, La Pradera Vineyard
- DrinkDrink now to 2029
When to drink it
Drinking wellDrink now to 2029
- ABV
- 14.3%
- TA
- 7 g/L
- pH
- 3.74
- RS
- 0.0 g/L
- Cases Made
- 316
Tasting Notes
Black Cherry, Strawberry, clove, toffee, blackberry, currant
Winemaking
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
Food Pairing
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.
The Vineyard
Bigham Family Vineyard and La Pradera Grapes, Vineyards, Vintage- recap This is a blend of 93% Bingham Mourvedre and 7% La Pradera PV, all from 2018.