Black Fruit, Herbal, and Pepper / Spice, Sweet Spice and Leather / Earthy
BODY: Full
DRYNESS: Dry
ACIDITY: Medium +
TANNIN: Light
ALCOHOL (%): High (More than 14%)
Origin: California (Napa, Sonoma, Russian River Valley & More), United States of America
Grape Varietals:
Merlot, Cabernet Franc, and Cabernet Sauvignon
Winemaking:
Malolactic Fermentation
Maturation: 19-24 Months Oak Barrels
Awards:
WESTERN FOOD PAIRING
ASIAN FOOD PAIRING
Phoenix is a classic representation of the Hudson Estate. The wine was named after the 2017 wildfires swept through the estate, miraculously avoiding the original buildings from the 1980s.
Grape Varietals & Region: 64% Merlot, 18% Cabernet Sauvignon, 18% Cabernet Franc. Pheonix is a barrel selection Bordeaux-style blend sourced from multiple vineyard sites on the Hudson ranch.
Taste Profile: This wine showcases enticing aromas of red currant, black cherry, and savoury spice that leads to a plush mouthfeel an structured finish. The Merlot-dominated Pheonix offers a great nose of ripe black cherries, tobacco, chocolate, and damp earth, and it’s medium to full-bodied, ripe, and incredibly polished on the palate
Red The fruit was picked separately by hand at night, hand-sorted, destemmed. Each lot fermented individually untilising native yeast. Barreled in 60% new oak, it was bottled unfiltered & unfined after 23 months of aging.
Powerful modern reds with the ability to age. They tend to be very intense, with ripe fruit, firm tannins & drinkability either young or cellared.
They often have notes of forest floor, blackcurrant, mint & eucalyptus
MLF is a process that results in reduction in acidity & the production of buttery texture & taste profile, often applied to more bodied styles of red & white wines
While not all creamy whites or rich fruity reds undergo MLF, and can adopt similar profiles from barrel ageing,
WINES FROM UNIQUE REGIONS & BOUTIQUE WINERIES
Founded in 2019, we were bored with the typical Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Chardonnay, Amarone & Moscato offerings at most bars & restaurants, and were inspired to dive deeper into the wine world!
