The 2017 Malbec was crafted from two small vineyard parcels along the Royal Slope in the Columbia Valley AVA. Farmed using sustainable practices, the vines were limited to one or two clusters per shoot to create maximum concentration in each cluster. They were hand-harvested in the early morning between September 27th - October 6th, 2017. Upon arriving in the winery, each cluster was hand-sorted, berry-sorted, and fermented in concrete tanks. Using only the free-run wine, it was then moved to custom French oak barrels (83% new) for 23 months of cellaring with over 40 individual evaluations by our winemaking team. Only6 barrels were bottled, unfined and unfiltered, producing only 147 cases.