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2008 CABERNET SAUVIGNON Our “home vineyard,” is nestled in the eastern hills of Napa Valley, perched between the St. Helena and Howell Mountain Appellations. The soils and the selections of clones 6 and 337 make for a complex Cabernet that shows consistent attributes of deep color, full body, and balance from vintage to vintage.
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2008 CABERNET SAUVIGNON The Tomasson Vineyard, is owned by Helgi and Marlene Tomasson. Helgi is the Artistic Director of the San Francisco Ballet. This vineyard is by far the smallest vineyard in our portfolio, producing just three barrels of wine per year. The vineyard is located on the valley floor in an alluvial fan, with very well drained gravelly soils which result in wines of deep intensity.
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2008 CABERNET SAUVIGNON The Fowler Vineyard is owned by Don Fowler. This vineyard is located in the upper watershed of Knights Valley just a stones throw from the Napa county line, in the hills between the towns of Calistoga and Santa Rosa. The soils are composed of Forward and Bressa Dribble complexes and it has the steepest slopes of any of the vineyards in our line up. Because of its location the vineyard is exposed to strong afternoon breezes resulting in thicker grape skins which help to produce wines of intense color and tannin structure. The vineyard is planted using Clone 337 in its entirety. The elevation of this vineyard is about 1100 ft. above sea level.
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2011 ROSE' YOLO VINEYARDS YOLO COUNTY After pondering making a Rosé for the last several years, we first made one in 2010. With its positive reception and success we crafted our 2011 from a blend of Grenache & Viognier from two Yolo County growers. These grapes were grown, harvested and fermented with Rosé as the end goal. Following the traditional process for "true Rosés", the Viognier grapes were crushed and pressed immediately after harvest. Then the Grenache was pressed after about 44 hours of skin contact to extract only a pale hint of color. The juice was blended and co-fermented to dryness. Our second effort has allowed us to fine-tune our style. To say that we are happy with the quality of this wine would be quite an understatement! It has become a house favorite. We only produced 305 cases.
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