The Hacienda Guadalupe Estate
- Established in 2008, Gaby Melchum and Daniel Sanchez have created a multi-dimensional project with not only estate-grown wines, but also one of the best restaurants and hotels in the region.
- Their estate vineyards are located adjacent to their winery on a northwest facing slope near the valley's end at 1,100ft elevation. Their 4 monovarietals, are small batch wines that originate from their organically farmed vineyards.
- The Syrah and Grenache that make up their delicious rosé are sourced from the prestigious vineyards of Joe Malagon in the ejido of Francisco Zarco in Valle de Guadalupe. Lower lying (900 ft) with a soil profile containing a higher percentage of sand than clay, Malagon's vineyards are known to produce grapes with a good backbone of acidity, lighter skins, and brighter fruit flavors.
Total production: 7 wines, 2,700 cases
2019 Cabernet Sauvignon - Hacienda Guadalupe
Tasting Notes and Drinking Window:
A monovarietal Cabernet Sauvignon, this wine reveals itself immediately on the nose with classic notes of cassis, ripe black cherry, vanilla, and baking spices. On the palate the wine is full bodied, with grippy tannins and myriad dark and bright berry notes alongside supporting voices of spice, damp forest floor, vanilla and crushed herbs.
200 cases made
Drinking window: Upon release (with 45 min decant) - 10 years
Vintage:
2019
Blend:
100% Cabernet Sauvignon
Producer:
Hacienda Guadalupe
Winemaker:
Daniel Lonnberg - Chilean by birth lives in Mexico
Vineyards:
Estate vineyards planted in 2005 on a stie 10 miles from the Pacific on a northwest facting slope at an elevation of 950 ft. Soils are mostly clay mixed with a little bit of sand.
Winemaking:
Fermented with the skins for 12 days in stainless steel tanks before being racked into french oak barrels and aged for 12 months.
Sulfites: 40 ppm
Farming:
organic, sustainible
Alcohol:
13.5%
