Hiyu Wine Farm
Hiyu Noctua
red · still · Columbia Gorge
Specs
- Producer
- Hiyu Wine Farm
- Region
- Columbia Gorge
- Vineyard
- Hiyu Wine Farm Estate
- Color
- red
- Style
- still
- Grapes
- Prieto Picudo, Touriga Nacional
About
Community & editorial
A dark, powerful field blend of nearly 20 rare Spanish and Portuguese cultivars — predominantly Prieto Picudo, Juan García, Babosa Negro and Touriga Nacional — from a 0.2-hectare plateau in the northeast corner of the farm, exposed to wind and western sun. Planted to make a deep, concentrated red that competes with warmer climates on concentration while keeping the lift and perfume of Hiyu's cool alpine valley.
Vintages
Aged in wood three years; never fermented whole-cluster. Nate: “the most sleek and polished version to date — very powerful but in the style of Brunello, the power coming as red fruits, tart cherries and raspberry rather than dark fruit, …
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