2023 Chicken Dinner Red
$18.00
Chicken DinnerTM Red
Varietal: Red Blend
Tasting Notes:
Chicken Dinner Red Wine exhibits ruby red color and black cherry and currant aromas. It is a medium bodied blend displaying notes of cherry and blackberry with a lively spicy finish.
Pair with: Grilled pork tenderloin, smoked chicken pasta, or pan seared salmon.
Awards
2023 Great Northwest Wine Invitational (2022 vintage)- 2020 Sunset Wine Competition (2019 vintage)
2017 Great Northwest Wine Invitational (2016 vintage)- 2017 Idaho Wine Competition (2016 vintage)
2017 Sunset International Wine Competition (2015 vintage)
- 89 pts 2017 Wine Enthusiast (2015 vintage)
- 2016 Idaho Wine Competition (2015 vintage)
- 89 pts 2016 Wine Enthusiast (2013 vintage)
Specs
| Composition Notes | 49% Cabernet Sauvignon, 26% Merlot, 13% Malbec, 12% Syrah |
| Vineyards | Symms, SRV | Williamsons, SRV | Alder Ridge, HHH | Sawtooth, SRV | Skyline, SRV | Huston Estate, SRV |
| Release Date | September 2024 |
| Cases Produced | 2984 |
| Growing Season Notes | 2023 began with a colder-than-usual winter and late frosts, delaying bud break and a cool spring slowed early vine development. A warm and dry summer allowed the grapes to catch up, and late summer heat allowed even ripening. The lower yields brought on by early weather challenges led to a high quality vintage, with excellent flavor concentration and balance. |
| Composition Notes | 28% Cabernet Sauvignon, 28% Merlot, 18% Grenache, 14% Malbec, 12% Syrah |
| Vineyards | Williamsons, SRV | Skyline, SRV | Sawtooth, SRV | Alder Ridge, HHH | Symms, SRV |
| Release Date | September 2023 |
| Cases Produced | 2300 |
| Growing Season Notes | 2022 was a bountiful growing season. Bud break in the vineyard in mid-April with gradient temperature increases throughout the growing season. The climate allows the fruit was able to finish with bold flavor. Grapes ripened slowly creating a well-balanced fruit forward wine. |
| Composition Notes | 39% Cabernet Sauvignon, 26% Merlot, 25% Malbec, 10% Syrah |
| Vineyards | Symms, Williamson, Skyline, Sawtooth, Columbia Valley |
| Release Date | September 2022 |
| Cases Produced | 2012 |
| Growing Season Notes | The growing season of 2021 began early with bud break mid-April followed by a warm spring and hot summer. Fruit set at the end of June occurred during unseasonably warm temperatures creating smaller yields. However, the grapes responded favorably to the warm summer producing intense fruit flavors and chalky tannins in all of the red varietals. |
| Composition Notes | 37% Merlot, 28% Cabernet, 26% Malbec, 9% Syrah |
| Vineyards | 28% Symms, 26% Williamson, 20% Wahluke Slope, 16% Skyline, 10% Sawtooth |
| Release Date | September 2021 |
| Cases Produced | 2204 |
| Growing Season Notes | 2020 was a textbook growing season. Bud break in the vineyard in mid-April with gradient temperature increases throughout the growing season. A long Fall harvest enabled the fruit to finish with both flavor and acids. Grapes ripened slowly creating a well balanced fruit forward wine. |
| Composition Notes | 45% Cab Sauv, 39% Merlot, 11% Syrah, 5% Malbec |
| Vineyards | 45% Symms, 16% Skyline, 10% Sawtooth, 5% Williamson, 24% Wahluke Slope |
| Release Date | 2020 |
| Cases Produced | 1842 |
| Growing Season Notes | A cool, wet spring led to a slow start of the 2019 growing season. The mild summer provided consistent, even ripening without extreme heat. An early frost brought an abrupt end to the season in Mid-October. But lower yields and a perfect summer brought out a complex, balanced and nuanced 2019 vintage. |