Mourvedre Drum

[cgallamo]

Hey all,

I've ordered a 450lb drum of 2016 Mourvedre, Rattlesnake Hills from winegrapesdirect for part of my fall project. My idea is to pull off half of the juice and make a rose, and use the other half to make a %100 varietal (that I could potentially blend with other stuff I have around). I have a 13.2 gallon vadai barrel I'd like to fill with the red.

I worked with these grapes last spring and they had great aromatics, but were a little thin on their own, hence the extra skins in the red.

What do you all think? Have you ever tried anything like this?

 

[jgareri]

Please let me know how it goes with winegrapesdirect. I am inclined to give them a try in the future for some of the Oregon pinot or Washington cab.

 

[cgallamo]

Please let me know how it goes with winegrapesdirect. I am inclined to give them a try in the future for some of the Oregon pinot or Washington cab.

Ok - I have done wine grapes direct twice before. Mostly good experience. The white was easy and tasty. Red a little more challenging. The Merlot/Cab last year was great. My Zin did not turn out as well. Battled H2S issue. I have not tried the Pinot.

 

[jgareri]

thanks. i'm excited to try it. I will see whats available and maybe give a pinot a try.

 

[NorCal]

Great plan. I did the exact thing with Mourvèdre in 2015. The rose received a silver, the red a gold at the state fair.

 

[cgallamo]

Great plan. I did the exact thing with Mourvèdre in 2015. The rose received a silver, the red a gold at the state fair.

Oh man that is great to hear. Nice to have validation that someone else has done this. Thank you!