2022 Malbec
$33.00
Malbec
Varietal: Malbec
Tasting Notes:
Rich blackberry colors and aromas of dried blueberries and all spice, this full bodied wine displays flavors of plum and black currant with supple tannins and spicy yet lingering finish.
Pair with: Classic smoked brisket, a blueberry balsamic glazed flank steak, or a rich lamb stew.
Awards
96 pts 2025 Great Northwest Platinum Awards (2022 vintage)
90 pts 2025 Great Northwest Invitational (2022 vintage)- 2025 San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition (2022 vintage)
- 91 pts 2025 American Fine Wine Competition (2022 vintage)
2024 Cascadia International Wine Competition (2021 vintage)- 2023 Idaho Wine Competition (2021 vintage)
- 90 pts 2022 Wine Enthusiast (2019 vintage)
- 2022 San Francisco Chronicle (2019 vintage)
- 2021 Idaho Wine Competition (2019 vintage)
- 2021 Great Northwest Invitational (2019 vintage)
- 2021 American Fine Wine Competition (2018 vintage)
- 2020 Sunset Wine Competition (2018 vintage)
Specs
| Composition Notes | 100% Malbec |
| Vineyards | 80% Williamson Vineyard, 18% Sawtooth Vineyard, 2% Huston Estate |
| Release Date | 2024 |
| Cases Produced | 543 |
| Growing Season Notes | A cool, wet spring delayed bud break and slowed the start of the growing season. Summer brought warm and dry conditions mixed with well-timed rains, allowing for ideal ripening. Cool fall nights helped the grapes retain natural acidity and ensured an excellent harvest, with concentrated flavors and well-balanced wines. |
| Composition Notes | 100% Malbec |
| Vineyards | 83% Williamson Vineyard, 9% Huston Estate, 8% Sawtooth Vineyard |
| Release Date | April 2023 |
| Cases Produced | 505 |
| 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 | 80% Malbec, 15% Cabernet Sauvignon, 5% Syrah |
| Vineyards | Williamson Vineyard, Sawtooth Vineyard, Huston Estate |
| Release Date | April 2022 |
| Cases Produced | 517 |
| 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 | 90% Malbec, 10% Merlot |
| Vineyards | Huston Vineyard, Sawtooth, Williamsons |
| Release Date | April 2021 |
| Cases Produced | 319 |
| Growing Season Notes | Huston Vineyards Malbec, crafted from grapes grown in the Snake River Valley AVA of Southwest Idaho. The Malbec sites for this vintage hale from high elevation vineyards of between 2500 and 3000 ft. Our dry climate and long growing degree days make Malbec an excellent varietal for the Snake River Valley AVA. A cool wet spring delayed the start of the 2019 growing season, pushing bud break into mid-April. Summer was idyllic marked by warm days and cool nights and an abundance of sunshine. The weather was without heat spikes that can be so detrimental to the vines. These perfect conditions allowed slow sugar accumulation and excellent acid retention within the clusters. A hard frost that blanketed the Northwest brought the season to a halt in mid-October. With the majority of the fruit already harvested, the remainder just waited on the vine for their turn on the picking schedule. |
| Composition Notes | 92% Malbec, 8% Merlot |
| Vineyards | Huston Vineyard, Sawtooth, Williamsons |
| Release Date | April 2020 |
| Cases Produced | 474 |
| Growing Season Notes | Huston Vineyards Malbec, crafted from grapes grown in the Snake River Valley AVA of Southwest Idaho. The Malbec sites for this vintage hale from high elevation vineyards of between 2500 and 3000 ft. Our dry climate and long growing degree days make Malbec an excellent varietal for the Snake River Valley AVA. 2018 was a great growing season with bud break mid-April and a season in gradient temperature climbs providing exceptional ripening conditions. Most blocks were harvested the first two weeks of October. With high yields and exceptional quality 474 cases were made. |