Aging and Bottling

Aging is a complex process which results in the formation of a desirable bouquet and rich fruit flavors. Wines are aged in French and American oak barrels for as little as six months for some white wines, to over two years for our best red wines. As the wine interacts with the barrel, both aroma and flavor components begin to integrate, resulting in a balanced, varietally correct product. Operations at the bottling line include final clarification or filtration, filling, corking, labeling and repacking the filled bottles into case shippers.