![]() ![]() The wine includes a small Heart of the Hill component (5% Petit Verdot) its inclusion continually impressed us in our double-blind blending process. The Cabernet Sauvignon block featured in this wine holds several distinctions: it's Kiona's youngest plant- ing (2016), the highest in elevation, and the only planted off-axis. Ranch at the End of the Road sits more than 300' higher than Kiona Estate at its highest point, despite its relative proximity (~1.3 miles). ![]() Even so, site-specific, vineyard-designated wines hold a lot of intrigue. Most Red Mountain-appellated wines already have an extraordinary degree of geographical specificity since the entire AVA is only 4,040 acres. Having already featured Kiona Estate and Heart of the Hill in previous Vineyard-Series releases, Ranch at the End of the Road joins the fray for the first time with this 2018 bottling. Starting in 2015 we embarked on the goal of releasing a top-tier, vineyard-designated wine from each vineyard. Kiona Vineyards and Winery encompasses five Red Mountain sites totaling 270+ estate acres. Of the Bordeaux red cultivars grown in our region, Malbec stands out as being particularly tasty in its youth and equally at ease with food or by itself. This certainly holds true on Red Mountain, where the wines tend to exhibit a softer, svelte tannin profile. Malbec was “discovered” by the new world wine-drinking public as a superb stand-alone culti- var for fruit-forward, dark, approachable wines with lots of depth. It’s a higher-elevation vineyard well suited to the cultivar. This 2019 Malbec represents the first time we’ve featured the site as a 100%, single-vineyard estate offering. Observant Kiona followers know that Sunset Bench vineyard features in many of our current and former wines, but always as a blending component. The fruit is highly sought after by Washington winemakers for its strong varietal typicity and opaque coloration – demand continues to outpace supply. The grape thrives here, producing wines of uncommon depth and complexity. Questions?: If you have any questions, you can e-mail call the store directly at 97.In 15 years, Malbec grew from a 2-acre experiment to Kiona’s fifth-most-planted cultivar on Red Mountain. F3 means you need to purchase at least 3 bottles to qualify) ![]() Wine bottles with the classification F3, F6 or F12 means you need to purchase at least that amount of bottles in order to qualify for Free Shipping. N = NJ Spirits/Beer Shipments: = We ship 375-750ml Spirits & Beer bottles to NJ Zip Codes only.į = Free Shipping Promotions: = We offer FREE SHIPPING on certain wine bottles. W = Fedex Shipping: = We ship 375-750ml Wine, Cigars & select Beer bottles to DC plus over 36 US States allowable by law which include AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, DE, FL, IA, ID, IL, KS, LA, ME, MI, MO, MS, MT, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, RI, SC, SD, TN, VA, VT, WI. L = Local Pickup/Delivery: All products in this store are available for Local Pickup at Wine Store if there's no food in order, Local Pickup at ShopRite From Home location at Southside of parking lot if any food is included in order and we'll deliver locally to over 60 surrounding towns/cities from our Little Falls, NJ location. ![]()
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