Red Wine

This is a very special 2023 vintage of barrel reserve wine.     We increased the Oak adding some wonderful blueberry, vanilla, and stewed cherry notes.

A beautiful, bold blend –
66% Merlot, 29% Tannat, 14% Cab Franc

This amazing blend is sure to please the palate of the bold red lovers!   Dark Cherry, Pepper, and baking spices, Lovely soft Tannins come through from the Tannat,  from the extended oak aging, Stewed red fruit and black currant on the nose.

Silver Medal in the Shenandoah Cup 2023

Silver Medal in our Governor's cup 2024

If you love Big Red wines, this is a lovely grape that is compared to Cab Sav.   We put a touch of American Oak on it, otherwise it spent it's life in French Oak.   This dry lovely balanced wine is stunning. Earthy, mouth-watering, fruit compote, lingering, and soft.

Black raspberry, blackberry, kirsch, violets cedar.   soft tannins, nice concentration of fruit, dry

Marquette 

This wine was reviewd by world renowned wine critic Julia Harding and below are her tasting notes:   
Score 16 (superior) for the sold out vintage of 2022.  Below is her review.

The current 2023 is even better.

Full bottle 1,140 g. This is the first time I have tasted Marquette, a complex hybrid created in 1989 in Minnesota. Aged 9 months in French oak.
Lightish cherry red and vibrant cherry and strawberry fruit on the nose. Just slightly herbal and delicately floral – nicely so. Light-bodied with lively red fruits and very gentle tannins. Fresh and refreshing. A really nice surprise with no really obvious hybrid notes except perhaps at the very end when there is something strawberry like. Excellent freshness on the finish. Juicy and mouth-watering. (JH

GOLD MEDAL WINE!!!!!

Silver Medal in the Shenandoah Cup 2023

Bronze Medal in the Governor's cup 2024

Red Blend –90% Arandell, 10% Petit Verdot  

This latest vintage of our number one selling wine is young and very similar to a Cab Franc at the moment, with a hint of smoke. Very well balanced and drinking very well in its youth. 

 SILVER MEDAL WINNER IN THE FINGERLAKES INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION 2023

SILVER MEDAL IN THE DENVER INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION 2023 

SILVER MEDAL IN THE SHENANDOAH CUP 2023

 OMG! Our Arandell grapes infused with German Chocolate!!!!!  This wine is a must. Not syrupy but light holding the expression of the red wine only with chocolate. Sweetness without being too sweet.  

Silver Medal in the Shenandoah cup 2023

2019 was a sell out.  This wine is 50% Tannat and 50% Arandell.   Big and Bold wine that certainly has some nice tannins and structure.   Think cherry, cranberry, and rhubarb.   Intensity is complex.  Beautiful long length.