Prolonged Barrel Getting older in Nice Casks makes for a Luxurious Wine
St. Helena, CA, June 22, 2022 – Leaders within the Golden State’s revival of Chenin Blanc, Lang & Reed Napa Valley has launched their single-vineyard 2020 Talmage Chenin Blanc, Mendocino. Sourced from a 40-year outdated winery website on a north-facing slope in Mendocino on high of the Talmage Bench, this area has been producing distinct wines for over a technology. That is the eighth 12 months Lang & Reed has been working with this evenly ripened, flavorful fruit and for this classic they experimented with prolonged barrel ageing in effective, distinctive casks.
Lang & Reed’s father-son winemaking duo, John and Reed Skupny, felt the grapes from the 2020 harvest possessed the potential to develop into a extra luxurious wine. The grapes had been entire cluster pressed and allowed to settle earlier than being transferred into two hand-selected barrels: one new François Frères French oak barrel and one seasoned Stockinger Austrian oak barrel. One was inoculated with chosen yeast strains whereas the opposite was allowed to ferment by its indigenous yeast. The wine remained on the lees, and the lees had been stirred bi-weekly. Aged for 14 months within the barrel, this regime showcases the nuances within the relationship between wine and the consequences of its barrel.
The 2020 Talmage Chenin Blanc is a heady wine with a fancy set of mingling aromas that embrace white floral, honeysuckle and delicate vanilla. The scents are mirrored and accentuated by the flavors, displaying an unique array of components like ripe pear, stone fruit and the minerality of moist stone. Secondary components of ginger and lime zest additionally make an look. This huge array of aromas and flavors are introduced collectively within the prolonged end, which gives context and construction from each the depth of the fruit and the prolonged barrel regime.
About Lang & Reed Napa Valley
Positioned at 1244 Spring St in St Helena, CA, Lang & Reed is among the few wineries in Napa Valley to concentrate on 100% Cabernet Franc and discover the distinct charms of Chenin Blanc. They’ve lengthy been impressed by and enthusiastic about giving these varieties a possibility to shine – true to sort, pure in taste. The wine-producing Skupny household has been creating expressive wines which are pleasurable to drink since 1996. Winemaking is a type of storytelling for the Skupny household, and Lang & Reed wines inform a story of a multi-generational household enterprise and their fantastic wine-filled life collectively.
Spring Home, an historic Victorian that’s now residence to Lang & Reed’s tasting salon, is correct off the hub of St Helena’s Important Road, the place Tracey, John, Reed and Megan Skupny provide intimate, appointment-only tastings that permit guests to get to know the household behind the model, whereas they convey their affection for Cabernet Franc and Chenin Blanc. To be taught extra about Lang & Reed Napa Valley, 2020 Talmage Mendocino Chenin Blanc and different upcoming wine releases, go to their web site (https://langandreed.com/) and observe them on Instagram (@langandreed) and Fb (@langandreed)).
