2022 IX Estate

I visited Colgin twice this fall, which provided an excellent opportunity to check in on recent developments in the vineyards and then, of course, to taste the wines themselves with proprietors Ann Colgin and Joe Wender and their longtime winemaker, Allison Tauziet. Readers familiar with the area will no doubt have seen Colgin’s recent new development on the eastern-facing slope across from the winery. Most of the vines are now in the ground and will surely be an asset for the future, given how critical estate vineyards are for long-term stability.

The 2022s are gorgeous wines for the year. I find the Cariad and IX Estate especially fine. Harvest took place between September 7 and 17. Tauziet gave the 2022s about three weeks on the skins. Aging was 20 months in French oak, about 50% new, a reduction from the typical 60-70%, done with the goal of preserving as much freshness as possible.