Wm. Knuttel 2004 Le Petit Malin (Wineries / William Knuttell) -- Cult Wine Central Shopping Cart -- Malin Petit Le 2004 Knuttel Wm.

<A HREF="http://www.cultwinecentral.com" TITLE="Cult Wine Central"><IMG SRC="https://store.nexternal.com/napawineco/logo.gif" ALT="Cult Wine Central" NAME="Cult Wine Central" BORDER=0></A> <H1>Wm. Knuttel 2004 Le Petit Malin -- Cult Wine Central Shopping Cart</H1> $35.00 -- Wm. Knuttel 2004 Le Petit Malin Malbec/Petit Verdot <IMG SRC="https://store.nexternal.com/napawineco/images/wn04.jpg" ALIGN=right ALT="Wm. Knuttel 2004 Le Petit Malin" NAME="Wm. Knuttel 2004 Le Petit Malin" BORDER=0 HSPACE=10> Our whimsical name “Le Petit Malin” can be loosely translated as “a little sly one,” or “a little mischievous one,” and all the mischief here is in the blend. Malbec and Petit Verdot—once popular in Bordeaux, dutifully added to Meritage blends in California, and now rising stars in Argentina and Chile—here stand on their own, and to great effect! Malbec is deeply colored when cropped properly (winemaker William Knuttel has extensively experimented with the different clones and their yields) and is long on middle sweetness and black fruit flavors. Petit Verdot ripens earlier than Cabernet Sauvignon in Sonoma’s appellations, quite contrary to the situation in Bordeaux. It is a perfect complement to Malbec, with excellent color, massive, velvety tannins, firm acidity and a host of red fruit flavors. Traditional Bordelais techniques and French oak aging were employed. The extraction strategy combined pumpovers and punchdowns and the wine went to barrel at dryness. Quarterly rackings and more than two years of French oak ageing eliminated the need for fining. The wine has bold aromas of blackberry, black cherry, fresh earth and cedar. A delicious core of berry flavors is bright and firm, and the supple finish amply demonstrates the benefits of extended ageing. BLEND: 72% Malbec, 24% Petit Verdot YIELD: 2.7 tons/acre (average) AGEING: 26 months in French oak, 50% new, 50% 2 year-old CASES PRODUCED: 295 (12x750ml) ABOUT THE LABEL ART: Designer Jeffrey Caldewey successfully captured the frenetic and eccentric wine world of William Knuttel with the chronophotograph “le coup d’epee.” This 1890 attempt of photographer Etienne-Jules Marey to show motion in photos—in this case the thrust of the epee—is symbolic of the traits that make fine wine so alluring: finesse, development, power and balance. <LI>SKU: WK04 LEPETMAL Other products in the category <A HREF="http://www.nexternal.com/napawineco/Category1" TITLE="Wineries">Wineries</A> / <A HREF="http://www.nexternal.com/napawineco/Category66" TITLE="William Knuttell">William Knuttell</A>: <A HREF=http://www.nexternal.com/napawineco/Product694 TITLE="Wm. Knuttel 2005, Clone 777, Pinot Noir"><IMG SRC="https://store.nexternal.com/napawineco/images/wn04t1.jpg" ALIGN=left ALT="Wm. Knuttel 2005, Clone 777, Pinot Noir" NAME="Wm. Knuttel 2005, Clone 777, Pinot Noir" BORDER=0 HSPACE=10></A> <A HREF=http://www.nexternal.com/napawineco/Product694 TITLE="Wm. Knuttel 2005, Clone 777, Pinot Noir">Wm. Knuttel 2005, Clone 777, Pinot Noir</A> -- With post-phylloxera re-planting in the early 1990s, clones of Pinot Noir were extensively evaluated. The majority of these were sourced from France, and William Knuttel had the good fortune to be winemaker at Saintsbury when the earliest clones found their way into California. Clone 777, from the Dijon region, was one of the first to be budded, along with Clones 667 and 115 (these were pre-certification . . . <A HREF="http://www.nexternal.com/napawineco" TITLE="Cult Wine Central Products">Cult Wine Central Products</A> <A HREF="http://www.cultwinecentral.com">Cult Wine Central</A> Cult Wine Central <A HREF="http://www.nexternal.com" TITLE="shopping cart">shopping cart</A> powered by Nexternal