Style
Type
Still
Winemaker
Kendall Mix
Appellation
Columbia Valley
Varieties
Cabernet Sauvignon
Viticulture
Machine Harvested
Farming
Sustainable
Terroir
Loam, sandy loam above a layer of broken caliche and underlying volcanic basalt.
Vineyard
From its beginnings as a family winery named after its grape-growing family founders’ two sons, to today’s incarnation as a Columbia Valley AVA star with a Leavenworth landmark tasting room, Ryan Patrick will continue to make approachable wines with a serious edge.
Intuitive winemaking is the art of letting the fruit speak for itself. It’s minimalist intervention combined with consistency of style. That’s the heart of the Ryan Patrick promise: artisanal winemaking where the grape is at the center. Many wineries use static recipes for their wines; instead, the winemaking team, headed by Kendall Mix, does daily fermentations with different yeast or temperatures to achieve a specific effect.
Batch-tinkering approaches have resulted in varietals and blends that have justifiably become famous for how they out-perform their price point.Ryan Patrick sources its wines from a variety of vineyards and AVAs, including Elephant Mountain Vineyard, Sagemoor Farms, Red Mountain AVA and Red Heaven Vineyard. This way, the winery can source the best grapes for, say, a ripe chardonnay, or the best Syrah grapes that need a warmer climate.
Vineyard sources: Red Heaven, Red Mountain, Bacchus/Sagemoor, Spanish Castle, Elephant Mountain, and Evergreen.
Vinification
Delta E-8; Willmes Membrane Rp-150 (destemming and pressing). Native yeasts as well as culture selected yeasts used with native and inoculate malolactic fermenatation.
Aging
30 months in Stainless steel and Oak barriques, and another 3 months in bottle.
Available Sizes (L)
0.750
Distribution Area
Delaware, New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania
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2 Commerce Dr. Suite 3 Moorestown, NJ 08057
Office 800.245.0184
Fax 856.985.5848
