Schug Heritage Reserve Trio

Friday, August 31, 2012

Wine is in our blood. Figuratively speaking, of course. Not literally. How weird would that be, right? Like you could attach some sort of spigot to our veins and just let the good times roll! Ha ha! Not that we’ve tried to do that or anything. We didn’t mean to give you that impression. Is that what you thought we meant? Because we totally didn’t mean that. That would just be insane. But not like certifiably insane. Just really kinda crazy funny, ya know?

We just meant that it’s a family thing. But not like a weird family thing that you only see in remote Appalachian populations, like those people who were born with blue skin because they kept passing down some really rare genetic trait. Did you hear about that? It was wild. But not like legitimately wild. Hope you don’t take offense to that. We didn’t mean to insinuate that those people are like wild animals or anything. We know they’re just regular people like the rest of us, only with blue skin.

We’re just talking about a tradition of wine making in our family. It’s our heritage. Hence the name, Schug Heritage Reserve. Speaking of which, we think you’re really going to enjoy this threesome. Oh. Oh my. We did it again there, didn’t we? We didn’t mean like the sexy fun time kind of threesome. We were just talking about our trio of reds: Merlot, Cabernet and Pinot Noir. Although if you were thinking about the other kind of trio, this wine would probably be a pretty good way to break the ice and… you know what? It’s none of our business. We’re going to just stop talking now.

2007 Heritage Reserve Carneros Merlot 750ml

• APPELLATION: 94% Carneros; 6% Sonoma Valley
• BLEND:
  94% Merlot (Sangiacomo and Ricci Vineyards)
  6% Cabernet Sauvignon (Rancho Salina and Horne Vineyards)
• HARVEST DATES: October 24th through October 29th, 2007
• SUGAR AT HARVEST: 24.4 degrees Brix average
• FERMENTATION: 12-14 days in stainless steel tanks, punched down three times daily
• AGING / COOPERAGE:
  22% aged in new French oak barrels
  78% aged in 1 to 4 year old French and American oak barrels
• ALCOHOL: 13.5%
• TA: 0.63 g/100ml
• pH:  3.47
• PRODUCTION: 406 cases (12 x 750ml); 8 cases (6 x 1.5L); 6 x 3L
• RELEASE DATE: September 1st, 2011

2007 Heritage Reserve Sonoma Valley Cabernet 750ml

• APPELLATION: 100% Sonoma Valley
• BLEND:
  79% Cabernet Sauvignon (Rancho Salina and Horne Vineyards)
  13% Merlot (Parmalee-Hill and Ricci Vineyards)
  4% Malbec (Rancho Salina Vineyard)
  4% Cabernet Franc (Rancho Salina Vineyard)
• HARVEST DATES: September 18th through October 25th, 2007
• SUGAR AT HARVEST: 24.9 degrees Brix average
• FERMENTATION: Up to 12 days in stainless steel rotary fermenter & punch down tanks.
• AGING / COOPERAGE: 70% in 1 to 3 year old French and American oak barrels; 30% aged in new French oak barrels
• ALCOHOL: 14.5%
• TA: 0.65g/100ml
• pH: 3.44
• PRODUCTION: 434 cases (12 x 750ml); 8 cases (6 x 1.5L); 12 x 3L; 6 x 6L
• RELEASE DATE: September 1st , 2011

2008 Heritage Reserve Carneros Pinot Noir 750ml

• VINEYARDS:
  48% Schug Estate
  31% Sangiacomo
  15% Cornerstone
  3% Ricci
  3% Iund
• APPELLATION: Carneros
• HARVEST DATES: September 1st through October 9th, 2008
• SUGAR AT HARVEST: 24.6 degrees Brix average
• FERMENTATION: 7 to 12 days in stainless steel punch-down fermenter, with cap submersion at 6 to 10 hour intervals
• AGING / COOPERAGE: 24% aged 16 months in new French oak barrels (Allier and Vosges), and 76% aged 16 months in one to two-year old French oak barrels
• ALCOHOL: 14.5%
• TA: 0.62 g/100ml
• pH: 3.60
• PRODUCTION: 773 cases (12 x 750 ml), 12 cases magnums (6 x 1.5L); 12 x 3 Liter bottles; 6 x 5 Liter bottles
• RELEASE DATE: September 1st, 2011

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