2019 Dr. Ron Bot
Wine Specs
Vintage
2019
Varietal
Blend - red
Harvest Date
August and September
Acid
TA: 5.7 g/L
pH
3.83
Aging
Aged 5 months in 7% 1-year-old French, 7% 3-year-old Romanian and 86% neutral oak barrels. Aged another 6 months in 8% new French, 16% 1-year-old French, 8% 3-year-old Romanian and 68% neutral oak barrels. Twice racked. Filtered, but unfined.
Alcohol %
14.2
Wine Profile
Tasting Notes
Dr. Ron Bot, our larger Rhone-inspired blend, was first born in 2013. He took a couple years off to find himself in 2014 and 2015, but has been back on the job ever since. Ron’s composition changes from year to year, but his complexity and gregariousness come from the fact that he is a blend of several excellent components. His depth and richness come from Syrah. His complex red fruit, peppery spice and gritty tannins come from Mourvedre. His soft, strawberry fruit and brambly spice come from Grenache. Ron Bot is an amiable fellow with a lot of charming layers to unravel and he will only get more interesting with a few years’ time. Only 13 barrels produced.
Vineyard Notes
Willcox AVA - Arizona - 28% Syrah from Cimarron Vineyard. Cochise County, AZ. 4,300 ft. elevation. Harvested Aug. 22nd - 15% Syrah from Sierra Bonita Vineyard. Graham County, AZ. 4,400 ft. elevation. Harvested Aug. 30th - 19% Grenache from Cimarron Vineyard. Cochise County, AZ. 4,300 ft. elevation. Harvested Sept. 20th - 14% Grenache from Sierra Bonita Vineyard. Graham County, AZ. 4,400 ft. elevation. Harvested Sept. 31st - 24% Mourvedre from Cimarron Vineyard. Cochise County, AZ. 4,300 ft. elevation. Harvested Sept. 22nd - Sugar at harvest: 24.6 Brix average.
Production Notes
Destemmed but not crushed to open-top, 3⁄4- and 1.5-ton bins. All lots were left an average of 18% whole-cluster. Inoculated with specially selected yeasts (Rhone2056, D254, CLOS, D80, T73, Ionys WF, VRB & UV43). Hand punched 3-4 times daily. Inoculated with Malolactic bacteria (Omega) around 5 Brix. Pressed at dryness after 10 days average skin contact.
Settled 2 days average before barreling.
Production
335 cases
Other Notes
Drink now or cellar up to 5+ years