MATCHBOOK WINES
Tinto Rey
2016
About this winery
Why Matchbook? As a farm kid growing up in the late 1950´s and early 1960´s John Giguiere was a confirmed pyromaniac starting various things on fire such as his father´s wheat field. At one point, fearing total ruin from his kids burning him out of the house and farm, his father took them to the city jail for an hour stay to impress upon his brother and him the futility of their fascination with fire. John and his brother answered at a later date by graduating from random fires to the...
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Production notes
The Verdejo was handpicked in whole-cluster pressed grapes and then moved into neutral barrels for fermentation. Following fermentation the wine was aged eight months in neutral French oak barrels. The vineyard stirred the lees during the aging process to enhance the wine’s richness.
Tasting notes
The 2016 Verdejo has aromas of citrus fruit and orange blossom with a hint of flinty minerality. On the palate the Tinto Rey Verdejo is bright and refreshing with a lovely grapefruit character. The unique step of barrel aging this wine in French neutral oak barrels makes it silky on the palate with well integrated flavors.