WINEMAKER’S NOTES

The 2022 QED Reductio ad Absurdum has an opaque purple color and a bouquet of ripe blackberry, huckleberry, black plum, bacon fat, smoked game, and violet. The concentrated and powerful palate is highly complex with notes of blackberry, huckleberry, smoked game, white pepper, aged cigar tobacco, garrigue, black olive, and dark chocolate. The beautifully long finish resonates with savory notes of truffle, violet, bacon fat, and black fruit. Perfectly balanced with slightly dusty tannins and lively acidity. This wine will continue to improve for the next 8-10 years and should drink well for the next 15+ years.

TECHNICAL DETAILS

The wine had a pre-fermentation maceration of 130 hours and a post-fermentation maceration of 104 hours. The wine was punched down by hand 2 times each day during macerations and fermentation. 100% native fermentation; 100% whole clusters. All individual wine components, including free run and press fractions, were kept separate until final blending. The wine had an elevage of 18 months in French Oak. The oak profile is 30% new French oak (predominantly from Troncais and Alliers) and 70% neutral French oak. The wine achieved its sparkly brilliance from 3 judicious rackings, no fining agents were employed. The wine was very lightly filtered to capture any remaining lees.

CASES PRODUCED   47

VARIETALS   100% Syrah

APPELLATION   Columbia Valley