Tablas Creek Paso Robles Mourvedre 2018

Tablas Creek Paso Robles Mourvedre

Region: California, USA

Vintage: 2018

Bottle size: 75cl

Grape: Mourvèdre

ABV: 13%

The nose is vibrant and spicy with aromas of bramble fruit, plum and allspice. On the palate Mourvèdre's opulent fruit profile mingles with more earthy notes of dried herbs and liquorice. The long finish is structured by chalky tannins and a fine bead of acidity. This is a wine that will reward patient cellaring.

Tablas Creek Mourvèdre is produced from 100% estate grown fruit. Located twelve miles from the Pacific Ocean and with an average altitude of 450 metres above sea level, the estate’s hot and sunny days are tempered by cool nights, resulting in fully ripe grapes with fresh acidity. The site is dry-farmed, and certified organic and biodynamic. Its shallow, rocky and limestone-rich soils are based on the same geologic origins as the Beaucastel vineyards and the estate vineyard was planted with cuttings imported from the Beaucastel estate.

The Mourvèdre grapes were destemmed and then fermented using native yeasts in large wooden tanks. After three weeks, they were pressed and moved to 5500 litre foudres to complete their fermentation. The Mourvèdre lots were blended in spring of 2019 and aged for an additional year in foudres.

Tablas Creek was founded in 1987 by the Perrin family of Château de Beaucastel, and the Haas family, owners of the US importer Vineyard Brands. After many years travelling across the United States together to promote the Perrin wines, Robert Haas and Jacques Perrin agreed that California’s climate was ideally suited to the Rhône’s native grape varieties and decided to establish their own winery.