Being our largest production wine, to give ourselves as broad a palette of flavors, aromas, and textures as possible, we picked the old vines of Papera Ranch in five passes between September 25th through October 13th.  Each pick turned out wonderfully but the following spring, once malolactic fermentations were complete, we rolled up our sleeves and assembled the finest blend possible, using approximately 80% of the available wine.  Aged in all French oak, 23% new, and bottled unfined and unfiltered.