2021 Malbec Reserve

• Varieties:
  100% Malbec
• Appellation:
  Templeton Gap District - Paso Robles
• Average brix at harvest:
  24.2
• Alcohol:
  13.6%
• Acidity:
  0.67 g/100 ml
• pH:
  3.45
• Residual sugar:
  0.01 g/100 ml
• Date bottled:
  April 24, 2024
• Cases produced:
  48
• Retail Price:
  $ 50.00

Growing conditions:
Another drought year with 90% of our total rainfall occurring during the last week of January. An unusual frost in late may resulted in a smaller fruit set. The lighter crop coupled with a long warm summer led to earliest finish to harvest at Victor Hugo ever, with a smaller harvest with excellent quality.

Winemaking:
The grapes were hand harvested, then crushed into the rotary fermentor. 24 hours later, the must was inoculated with d80 yeast then rotated hourly for 12 days prior to pressing. After completion of malo-lactic fermentation, this reserve Malbec was aged for 30 months in french and Hungarian oak prior to bottling.