2021 IX Estate

I tasted an extensive selection of wines, both young and older, this year at Colgin over the course of two visits. The 2021s are fabulous. They offer a striking interplay of textural richness and energy that is so compelling. Ann Colgin, her husband Joe Wender and longtime winemaker Allison Tauziet commented that a dry spring and summer yielded small berries. Harvest stretched across an entire month. As always, the Colgin wines offer quite a bit of textural richness, but these days, they also have a little more nuance than in the past. Colgin is presently developing a large tract of land that lies just across from their IX Estate vineyard and winery. It’s an ambitious project, but I would expect nothing less.