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Half open-bin, half tank fermentation with manual punchdowns once or twice a day. Nothing added or subtracted in the...
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Rated 91 - Zesty and spicy, with appealing raspberry, dried cherry and smoky cinnamon flavors that persist toward...
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The name, in our "secret code", refers to the aromatic exuberance of the Grenache component in the wine. The 2018,...
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Lovely crimson red color. Very pretty nose, so nicely integrated that it seems nearly impossible to discern the...
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50% Syrah 50% Grenache from North Yuba (Renaissance Vineyard) 100% destemmed by hand resulting in a bin full of...
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All varieties were harvested from El Dorado County vineyard sites managed by Ron Mansfield or Chris Pittenger,...
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Rated 91 - Floral, spicy aromas and bold well-articulated flavors accompany a firm, moderately tannic texture in this...
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Red Blend United States California Sierra Foothills

Of all the New World wine countries, perhaps the one which has demonstrated the most flair for producing high quality wines - using a combination of traditional and forward-thinking contemporary methods - has been the United States of America. For the past couple of centuries, the United States has set about transforming much of its suitable land into vast vineyards, capable of supporting a wide variety of world-class grape varietals which thrive on both the Atlantic and the Pacific coastlines. Of course, we immediately think of sun-drenched California in regards to American wines, with its enormous vineyards responsible for the New World's finest examples of Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot based wines, but many other states have taken to viticulture in a big way, with impressive results. Oregon, Washington State and New York have all developed sophisticated and technologically advanced wine cultures of their own, and the output of U.S wineries is increasing each year as more and more people are converted to their produce.

California as a wine producing region has grown in size and importance considerably over the past couple of centuries, and today is the proud producer of more than ninety percent of the United States' wines. Indeed, if California was a country, it would be the fourth largest producer of wine in the world, with a vast range of vineyards covering almost half a million acres. The secret to California's success as a wine region has a lot to do with the high quality of its soils, and the fact that it has an extensive Pacific coastline which perfectly tempers the blazing sunshine it experiences all year round. The winds coming off the ocean cool the vines, and the natural valleys and mountainsides which make up most of the state's wine regions make for ideal areas in which to cultivate a variety of high quality grapes.