Diddley Bow Malvasia 2015

The two things I love most in white wines are texture and searing acid structure. This wine has both. Lucious texture on the mouth, with explosive flavors of ripe apples and gooseberries and some hazelnut cream. Long, lush finish. Region: ToroBlend: 100% MalvasiaVines: Old Vines (60-80 years old.)100% Vitis Vinifera (ungrafted)Trellis: Bush Vines, head trainedSoils: Tertiary Age, Sandy, Pliocene clay subsoilsYields: 10-20 hl/haAlcohol: 14.5 BackgroundThe idea to use the bourbon barrels came over a dinner years ago that I shared with my buddy Julian Van Winkle at a Southern Foodways Alliance meeting at Blackberry Farm in 2001. It was simply an idea that came up in conversation. Hey, let’s do something together. What about putting wine in used Pappy barrels? Okay, I’ll send you some. I don’t know if you’ve ever seen old, used bourbon barrels, but they’re ugly. When the winemakers first saw the barrels, they flat out refused to put wine anywhere near them. But, eventually they did and