Mark Ryan Red Blend Long Haul 2020 750ml

Name: Mark Ryan Red Blend Long Haul 2020 750ml
Brand: Mark Ryan
SKU: 915120
Price: 40.89 USD
Availability: InStock
Rating: 92.5 (2 reviews)

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SKU 915120

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A more Merlot-dominated wine, the 2020 Long Haul comes from Ciel du Cheval, Klipsun, and Red Willow vineyards and is 71% Merlot, 19% Cabernet Franc, and smaller doses of Cabernet Sauvignon, Malbec, and Petit Verdot. It’s a pure, balanced, medium to full-bodied beauty offering lots of mulled red and black cherry fruits, some spice, chocolate, and herbal undertones, ripe tannins, and a great finish. Beautifully done, this is an elegant, balanced 2020 to enjoy over the coming 10-12 years.

Country: United States
Region: Washington State
Appellation: Yakima Valley
Sub Appellation: Red Mountain

Size: 750ml
Color: Red
Alcohol by Vol: 14.5%

SKU: 915120

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Winery

Mark Ryan

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Country

United States

Of all the New World wine countries, perhaps the one which has demonstrated the most flair for producing high quality wines - using a combination of traditional and forward-thinking contemporary methods - has been the United States of America. For the past couple of centuries, the United States has set about transforming much of its suitable land into vast vineyards, capable of supporting a wide variety of world-class grape varietals which thrive on both the Atlantic and the Pacific coastlines. Of course, we immediately think of sun-drenched California in regards to American wines, with its enormous vineyards responsible for the New World's finest examples of Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot based wines, but many other states have taken to viticulture in a big way, with impressive results. Oregon, Washington State and New York have all developed sophisticated and technologically advanced wine cultures of their own, and the output of U.S wineries is increasing each year as more and more people are converted to their produce.

Region

Washington State

Since it began in the 1820s, wine-production in Washington state has gone from strength to strength, with many of the finest United States wines coming out over the past twenty years hailing from this region. Today, the state is the second largest US producer of wines, behind California, with over forty thousand acres under vine. The state itself is split into two distinct wine regions, separated by the Cascade Range, which casts an important rain shadow over much of the area. As such, the vast majority of vines are grown and cultivated in the dry, arid desert-like area in the eastern half of the state, with the western half producing less than one percent of the state's wines where it is considerably wetter. Washington state is famed for producing many of the most accessible wines of the country, with Merlot and Chardonnay varietal grapes leading the way, and much experimentation with other varietals characterizing the state's produce in the twenty-first century.

Appellation

Yakima Valley

Ratings & Reviews

JD 94pts

Jeb Dunnuck

A more Merlot-dominated wine, the 2020 Long Haul comes from Ciel du Cheval, Klipsun, and Red Willow vineyards and is 71% Merlot, 19% Cabernet Franc, and smaller doses of Cabernet Sauvignon, Malbec, and Petit Verdot. It's a pure, balanced, medium to full-bodied beauty offering lots of mulled red and black cherry fruits, some spice, chocolate, and herbal undertones, ripe tannins, and a great finish. Beautifully done, this is an elegant, balanced 2020 to enjoy over the coming 10-12 years.

DC 91pts

Decanter

A blend of Merlot from Red Mountain and Red Willow sites allows older vine character from the Merlot to make a showing. Aromas of wild fennel, cinnamon and ripe Damson plums are accented by a smoked cedar plank note. The palate is an array of black and blue berry fruits, spiced plum cake, and touches of white and black pepper carry the finish.

Winery Notes

The Long Haul is composed primarily of merlot from Ciel du Cheval and Klipsun vineyards on Red Mountain combined with merlot from Red Willow Vineyard in the Yakima Valley. Ciel du Cheval and Klipsun are two of the oldest vineyards on Red Mountain. These older vines produce small clusters with intensely flavored berries. Seventy miles to the west of Red Mountain, the vines at Red Willow have an average age of 25 years and are planted on ancient soils above the deposition of the Missoula floods. Red Willow merlot offers a savory aromatic profile with complex depth and power on the palate.

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