2019 H/H Estates Artist Series Petit Verdot
A rich dark garnet color, this wine is intense from the first moment it hits your glass. Loaded with spicy currant aromas, oak, and dark chocolate. The flavors are full and rich with lingering tannins and sweet oak essence. This wine will benefit from additional aging, drink 2025-2035.
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Wine Specs
Vintage
2019
Varietal
Petit Verdot
Vineyard Designation
Horse Heaven Hills AVA
Harvest Date
2019
pH
3.57
Bottling Date
August 2021
Alcohol %
14.8
Wine Profile
Tasting Notes
A rich dark garnet color, this wine is intense from the first moment it hits your glass. Loaded with spicy currant aromas, oak, and dark chocolate. The flavors are full and rich with lingering tannins and sweet oak essence. This wine will benefit from additional aging, drink 2025-2035.
Awards
94pt Gold 2022 USA Wine Ratings
Gold 2022 Denver International Wine Competition
93pts Platinum 2022 GNW Platinum Wine Awards
Vineyard Notes
2019 started with some cold winter weather. The month of February was filled with snow. The soils were wet and when spring hit growth took off. We didn’t need to irrigate the grapes until July, much later than average. The summer was warm but not overly extreme. The heat units were on pace with some of the hotter vintages early but trailed off as summer came to an end.
Harvest kicked off with our Rose in late August, then the whites in September. Things continued smoothly until we got a cold snap in October. It was all hands on deck at that point, and we hustled to harvest the rest of the grapes. Our Petit Verdot is always one of the last varietals we pick and we were happy they ripened completely.
The wines from this vintage are tasting amazing and we think it will end up being another stellar vintage of wines from Coyote Canyon Vineyard.
Winemaker Notes
Petit Verdot likes hot years and 2019 didn’t disappoint. We harvested these grapes in late October. The flavors were ripe with dark red fruit notes. The grapes were fermented in our concrete tank for two weeks before being pressed and aged in French Oak barrels.
We only make a small amount of Petit Verdot each year. It has consistently made a big rich wine that can age for decades. The tannin and acidity both help give the wine a long rich finish that should evolve well into the future. This wine is drinking beautifully now but will show its true potential in a few more years. This was aged in 2 French Oak Barrels, one new and one neutral, for 18 months. The wine is meant to age for 4-5 years before opening and will last for much longer when cellared properly.