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Item Number: 7169

UPC: 0857051000110

Country: USA
Region: Washington Sub Region: Columbia Valley
Appellation/AVA: Columbia Valley
Vintage: 2012
Grape(s): 29% Cabernet Sauvignon / 22% Syrah / 22% Merlot / 11% Cabernet Franc / 5% Malbec / 3% Sangiovese / 2% Grenache / 2% Cinsault / 1% Petit Verdot / 1% Counoise / 1% Mourvèdre / 1% Carmenere
Type: Wine - Red
Bottle Size: 750ml Pack: 12
Closure: Cork
Alc by Vol(%): 13.82
Total Acidity: 6
pH: 3.65


Vintage Notes: After two consecutive years of cooler vintages, normal harvest conditions were prevalent in 2012. Hot days, cool nights and plentiful sun stuck around all summer and throughout harvest. This weather allowed for leisurely ripening which permitted long hang times producing balanced and elegant wines.

Winemaking Notes: Grapes are crushed gently and dropped by gravity into 1.5 ton bins, cold soaked 24 to 48 hours, then inoculated with a variety of yeasts, hand-punched and pressed directly to barrel, where the wine finishes both primary and secondary fermentation. Only after one year in barrel do the individual lots of wine that compose the Firehouse Red get blended. Firehouse Red is aged in 40% new oak barrels, mostly French and American oak with a compliment of Hungarian oak, and 60% 2nd and 3rd vintage barrels.