Isenhower Cellars “i Label” #22 Holiday Red
WHY WE LOVE IT
- The Holiday Red Wine is a fan-favorite blend and is perfect for your every day wine.
- Isenhower has been crafting the Holiday Red since 2008. Though the blend changes yearly, it is a red lend that has concentration, acidity and is delicious.
- The No. 22 Holiday Red is a combination vintage coming from the 2021 and 2022 vintage with 37% Syrah is from 2021 and the remaining 63% is from 2022.
- The Syrah is from Carousel Vineyard. It provides wonderful structure and concentration. While the remainder is press wine from the 2022 vintage.
Variety: 37% Syrah, 28% Cabernet Sauvignon, 25% Mourvèdre, 9% Merlot, 1% Petit Verdot
Elaboration: Hand picked, hand-sorted, and fermented by yeasts speci c for each variety. The wine was aged in 100% used French Oak barrels for 10 months prior to bottling..
Tasting Notes: Aromas encompass blackberry, cassis, vanilla, cedar, herbs, cinnamon, and smoked meat. Flavors in the Holiday lean towards the purple and blue fruit spectrum with hints of blackberry, blueberry, and cassis. There are notes of minerals, dried herbs, vanilla, and leather..
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PRODUCER BACKGROUND
Isenhower Cellars was founded in 1999 by Denise and Brett Isenhower and was the 18th winery in the Walla Walla area. The Isenhower’s, both Pharmacists, chose to leave their Colorado surroundings and corporate healthcare to follow Brett’s dream of winemaking and Denise’s dream of moving back to Washington, where they first met. Today, Denise is the General Manager and Brett is the Winemaker. For Brett, Walla Walla was an easy choice because of its beauty and the wide-open, entrepreneurial nature of the wine industry there. Isenhower Cellars is one of the few medium-sized Washington wineries that is 100% husband and wife owned and operated.
The Isenhower’s built their winery in 2002 and opened the Woodinville tasting room in 2009. They source their grapes from experienced, established growers ranging from Columbia Valley, Horse Heaven Hills, Walla Walla, Yakima Valley, Red Mountain, and Oregon to the Wahluke Slope. These high-elevation farms produce beautiful juice from old vines all the way to experimental clones.
Isenhower Cellars and their growers follow a minimalist philosophy and more natural winemaking process, including low pesticides, light intervention and sustainable farming methods to achieve depth of character, lightness of touch, and an array of fresh, interesting wines.