Oak & Priest Wine Co. ‘The Great Escape’ 2022

This cabernet was picked one cluster at a time and transferred to 1/2 ton bins to be hauled to the winery. Upon arrival the fruit was sorted by hand before being destemmed to ensure only the best grapes are included in each bottle. Once destemmed the fruit was placed into 1.5 ton open top fermenters and allowed to start fermentation at its own pace with native yeasts.

Fermentation was encouraged by pumpovers and punchdowns as determined by our winemaker. The wine stayed with the skins for 30 days before being gently pressed to French oak barrels. Once barreled down, our cabernet aged for 21 months in 60% new French Oak and was bottled unfined and unfiltered.