La Flor de Elza

80% Petit Verdot
10% Merlot
7% Cabernet Sauvignon
3% Cabernet Franc

La Flor de Elza is an image of a quiet, young lady traditionally dressed, fearlessly balancing a large cactus on her head.  She inspired me to use traditional Bordeaux varietals in a brave and daring sort of way.  Petit Verdot being one of the five classic varietals of Bordeaux it is typically used as a minor blending wine that is used to add power, color, and texture, but very rarely the dominant component. It needed to be tamed with Merlot to soften its prickliness and intensity, then accented with two traditional varietals, Cabernet Franc and Cabernet Sauvignon, just to show them who’s boss in this blend.  It’s aromas of black currant, blackberry and dark plum are accented by anise, ripe fig, lilac, local wild sage and wet, gravely earth. 60% of this blend is 2020 vintage, aged for 22 months in 50% new French oak barrels, and 40% was 2021 vintage, which lends its youthful vibrancy and added structure. Flavors of bold dark fruit, smoked meats, with a long finish of dried herbs, brown sugar and toasty oak. Try this wine with oak grilled steaks or rich Indian cuisine.

126 cases produced