The Bardo - Petit Verdot & Malbec 2023
- Wine: Petit Verdot & Malbec
- Vintage: 2023
- Release: Limited Release
In Tibetan tradition, The Bardo represents the transitional space between endings and beginnings. We’ve captured that liminal transformation by flipping convention on its head: placing supporting varieties Petit Verdot and Malbec proudly at the forefront. A daring, textured Bordeaux-style blend, it delivers intense notes of inky blackberries, violets, and graphite, framed by velvety tannins and a lingering, structured finish for those ready to explore new frontiers.
- Vineyard: Field blend of adjacent vines (22 year-old vines). 50% Petit Verdot & 50% Malbec.
- Fermentation: Hand-selected bunches were destemmed & co-fermented.
- Extraction: Punch-downs were performed 4 times daily during fermentation.
- Pressing: Basket-pressed after 7 days of skin contact.
- Aging: Alcoholic fermentation finished in barrel. Matured for 18 months in neutral French oak to respect the fruit, followed by 15 months in the bottle before release.
- Intervention: Unfined and Unfiltered.
- Production: Extremely limited (300 bottles / 50 cases total).
- Varietal: Petit Verdot, Malbec
- Alcohol: 12.1%
- pH: 3.47
- Titratable Acidity: 5.6g/l
- Residual Sugar: 1.7g/l
- Volatile Acidity: 0.67g/l