Rattlesnake
Valley Vineyard,Yakima Valley,
Washington
Oak 4 & 5 / Body 5 / Sweetness 0
Multiple Medal winner*. Wine & Spirits magazine recently described Yakima Syrah as: "…easily in a league with those from the northern Rhône and southern
Australia … bold, rich and lively, seductively perfumed and heroically structured with a kiss of elegance".
Expect an aromatic rush of red and black fruit; hints of chocolate, coffee and licorice followed by the spiciness of black pepper in the Rattlesnake Valley Syrah.
Cellar Craft's 2-stage oaking keeps the fruit in check and adds great structure. The deep-purple hued wine shows well after a minimum of 3 months but definitely benefits from extended aging.
1 or 2 years in the cellar will allow the wine to grow to its full, unbelievable potential.
CRUSHED GRAPE PACKS Cellar Craft uses over 12 pounds of virgin, varietal grapes to produce “Crushed Grape Packs” for true, on-the-skins fermentation in its Showcase reds. All of the natural skins and solids from variety-specific grapes are captured for extra extraction of aromatics, flavor, tannin, colour and body during the fermentation stage. The finished wine shows character never before possible from a kit. Truly a quality breakthrough! Available in 16 varieties!!
Each kit is in the 18L format. Produces 6 gallons of wine.
CELLARCRAFT WINE LEGEND Oak
0 – Unoaked
1 – American Toasted
2 – American Untoasted
3 – French
4 – Hungarian Shavings
5 – Hungarian Oak Cubes
6 – Acacia Wood Cubes
7 – Hungarian medium toasted cubes
8 – Hungarian natural oak shavings
Body
1 – Light
2 – Light/Medium
3 – Medium
4 – Full
5 – Very Full
Sweetness
0 – Dry
1 – Off Dry (230mL flavour reserve)
2 – Sweet (470mL flavour reserve)
6 – Very Sweet (2.0L flavour reserve)
10 – Dessert Wine
