Sea Of Stones
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Country
Argentina
Nature
Wine
Family
Still wine
Colour
Red
Alcohol by volume
14.5
Winemaking notes
All of the grapes we use are allowed to ripen thoroughly on the vine, a key to the
exceptional quality we achieve. Each hand-harvested cluster is de-stemmed and
sorted – also by hand. Each varietal lot is treated as its own wine, then when each lot
is ready, the Sea of Stones blend is assembled to create a wine that emulates the best
of what the Sea of Stones Estate has to offer.
Viticultural notes
Sea of Stones is our home property in Mendoza; the winery is on the estate and all
of the Layer Cake Malbec is made on the estate as well. The estate is adjacent to the
Mendoza River in Argentina – terrain strikingly similar to that of Chateauneuf du Pape
in the Rhône Valley. During the post ice age melt, the Mendoza River swelled to over
5 miles wide and as the melt water slowed, it left behind a layer of cobblestones,
gravel and soil hundreds of feet deep. The entire ground surface of the area is
cobblestones as far as the eye can see, a Sea of Stones.
Tasting notes
The Layer Cake Sea of Stones red blend is extremely dense and concentrated. Opaque
purple, almost black in color, the aroma is full of ripe black fruit, grilled bread, pencil
lead, wet stones, lavender, blueberry pie, and black cherry. On the palate there is
layer upon layer of savory fruit, spice notes, espresso, and dark chocolate as well as
rich, creamy texture. The aromas and fl avors carry on long after the wine is gone from
your mouth, the fi nish taunting you to have another sip.