Resilience
The weather extremes of vintage 2020 seemed to reflect ongoing Covid ups and downs. A tricky vintage to navigate, but not without rewards.
Read MoreThe Avenius Chardonnay has pungent floral aromas of yellow flowers and honeysuckle. It is medium bodied and quietly builds in concentration. It finishes long with an elegant but lingering acidity.
Read MoreAromas of ripe mango and orange zest belie typical Sauvignon Blanc markers and take on the personality of terroir.
Read MoreThe nose is complex with perfumed lilac and candied fruit slices. It is classic Viognier: full bodied and viscous with a white pepper/walnut skin finish.
Read MoreThis vintage is classic Hardscrabble Chardonnay with apple peel and hint of vanilla aromas. Medium bodied with generous fruit in the mid palate and a pithy structured finish.
Read More2020 is the second vintage of Hardscrabble Sauvignon Blanc. The Sauvignon Blanc and Semillon vines were planted in 2012. The first vintages from these young vines made good wine, but not to the level of a Linden single vineyard designation. The stars aligned in 2019 and 2020.
Read MoreVintage 2020 gave us a very different Riesling style. This wine is bone dry, similar to some Austrian or Australian Rieslings. It will also age well due to its bracing acidity. Aromas of yellow stone fruits, honey suckle, preserved lemon and petrol. On the palate the wine leads with some refreshing fruit, but then evolves with a push/pull of racy and nervous texture. It finishes with a bright, pithy lemon acidity.
Read MoreWabi Sabi is a Japanese aesthetic that reveres the “imperfect, impermanent, and incomplete”. This reflects our philosophy behind the wine. It is a blend that is made without a plan. Decisions are made throughout elevage (aging) as we become familiar with the personality of each lot. This is unusual for traditional, conservative, methodical Linden Vineyards.
This is a big textured wine with a very generous mouth feel and a touch of sweetness. There is ample acidity and tannin length to carry its weight. Aromas and flavors include bee’s wax, apple skins, nutmeg and pear liqueur.
Read MoreThe Avenius Red 2020 exhibits distinct black currant aromas with some balsam, pencil shavings and tarragon lift. The wine is medium bodied and concentrated, but not heavy with fresh acidity and fine tannins that persist. There is a harmony of the elements that is uncommon is such a youthful wine.
Read MoreThe 2020 Claret shows aromas of crunchy red fruits, and spring garden herbs. It is medium bodied with a sappy freshness and a quaffable graceful finish.
Read MoreThe 2020 Hardscrabble Red is influenced by a greater amount of Cabernet Franc (45%) than any previous vintage. This gives the wine a savory and herbal aroma and flavor profile. The wine is medium bodied, linear, and fresh. The finish is firm with griping peppercorn tannins.
Read MoreThe 2020 Petit Verdot is exuberant and wound up with aromas of crunchy red fruit and herbs de Provence. It is medium bodied with acidity rather than tannins giving a long, fresh finish.
Read MoreLinden’s 2020 Rosé is denser and more structured than past vintages. The nose is complex and exotic with Mt. Rainer cherry, watermelon, cantaloupe and fresh thyme. It is very dry with a creamy mid palate and moderately high acidity.
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