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OUR WINE
Debuting in 2012, Hanatoro made the first wine entirely of fruit from the Octave Vineyard. Winemaker and owner of Va Piano Winery, Justin Wylie, stewards our wines through their gentle 20 to 22-month oak aging regimens in the very finest French Oak barrels to our specifications. We handle our wines in barrel with absolute minimal intervention, and we work hands on with Justin to carefully blend and craft 150-250 cases of our wines each year.
CURRENT VINTAGE
2017 Hanatoro Cabernet
2017 Hanatoro Cabernet has been awarded Wine & Spirits Year's Best Cabernet and a 94 point rating!
2017 Blend: 85% Cabernet Sauvignon; (clone 4, 2 barrels; clone 6, 3 barrels; and clone 8/32, 2 barrels), Merlot, 7.5%, Malbec 7.5%, 14.4% alcohol
Cooperage: Aged 21 months all in tight-grained barrels from the Allier, Troncais, and Nevers Forests of Central France. 50% new oak from Taransaud, Tonnellerie Sylvain, and Seguin Moreau’s Icone Elegance and 50% 2 and 3 year old mostly neutral French Oak.
Harvested: September 26, 2017 Bottled: July 28, 2018
Annual Production: 192 cases
Winemaker: Justin Wylie
2016 Hanatoro Cabernet
2016 Blend: 75% Cabernet Sauvignon; (clone 4, 2 barrels; clone 6, 2 barrels; and clone 8/32, 2 barrels) Merlot, 11%, Cabernet Franc 11%, and Petit Verdot, 3%. 14.4% alcohol
Cooperage: Aged 21 months all in tight-grained barrels from the Allier, Troncais, and Nevers Forests of Central France. 50% new oak from Taransaud, Tonnellerie Sylvain, and Seguin Moreau’s Icone Elegance and 50% 2 and 3 year old mostly neutral French Oak.
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Harvested: September 28, 2016 Bottled: July 15, 2017
Annual Production: 192 cases
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Winemaker: Justin Wylie
2015 Hanatoro Cabernet
2015 Blend: 75% Cabernet Sauvignon, blocks 16 & 9/ clones 6 & 8. 12% Merlot, blocks 6 & 5/ clones 3 & 15. 8% Malbec, block 11/ clone 4. 5% Petit Verdot, block 12/clone 2
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Cooperage: Aged 20 months all in French tightgrained barrels from the Allier, Troncais, and Nevers Forests of central France. 50% new: Taransaud and Legrand ,25% 1 year old Alain Forquet ‘St. Emilion’, and 25% neutral Alain Forquet ’Margaux’
Harvested: October 1, 2015 Bottled: August 30, 2017
Annual Production: 150 cases
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Winemaker: Justin Wylie
2014 Hanatoro Cabernet
2014 Blend: 75% Cabernet Sauvignon, blocks 16 & 9/clones 6 & 8. 12% Merlot, blocks 6 & 5/clones 3 & 15. 8% Malbec, block 11/clone 4. 5% Petit Verdot, block 12/clone 2
Cooperage: Aged 20 months all in French tight-grained barrels from the Allirests of central France.
50% new: Taransaud and Legrand, 25% 1 year old Alain Forquet ‘St. Emilion’, and 25% neutral Alain Forquet ’Margaux’
Harvested: September 28, 2014 Bottled: July 15, 2016
Annual Production: 150 cases
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Winemaker: Justin Wylie
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2013 Hanatoro Cabernet
2013 Blend: 76% Cabernet Sauvignon, Block 16, 1, and 9/clones 6, 4, &8. 10% Petit Verdot, Block 8/clones 3,4. 8% Malbec, Block 12 & 13/clones 10&11. 6% Merlot, Block 6/ clones 1,3, & 4
Cooperage: Aged 24 months all in French tightgrained barrels from the Allier, Troncais, and Nevers Forests of central France. 50% new: Seguin-Moreau ‘Icone’ & Alain Forquet ‘Margaux’, 25% 2 year old Alain Forquet ‘St. Emilion’, and 25% neutral Saury Tonnellerie.
Harvested: September 28, 2014 Bottled: July 15, 2016
Annual Production: 140 cases
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Winemaker: Justin Wylie
2012 Hanatoro Cabernet
2012 Blend: 75% Cabernet Sauvignon, 12.5% Cabernet Franc, and 12.5% Petit Verdot; handcrafted and estate-bottled from five of our own unique blocks grown in the high elevation, north-facing Octave Vineyard in Walla Walla.
The debut 2012 vintage of Hanatoro is the first ever produced entirely of fruit from the ‘Octave’ Vineyard. Since we are at our very core food and beverage people, our wine was produced in a style that will age well yet provide great expression, compatibility and pleasure to your dining experience today!
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Harvested: September 28, 2012 Bottled: July 15, 2013
Annual Production: 110 cases
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Winemaker: Justin Wylie
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