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LA MONTANYA
2000 VIOGNIER
Wow, this is an interesting wine. It almost tastes
like a Sauvignon Blanc. It's pale straw yellow
color is bright and clear. The bouquet is grapefruit.
On the palate are pear, melon and peach with a
hint of apricot and a velvety mid-palate mouthfeel.
The finish is full of citrus and with a hint of
oak. Suggested Price $22.00
Tasting
Room on West Side Road in Healdsburg
Phone, 707 837-1811
email: dennis~dmlwine.com
Visit them on the web at: www.dmlwine.com |
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EVERETT
RIDGE VINEYARDS AND WINERY
2000 ESTATE ZINFANDEL
Our Estate Zinfandel is brimming with jammy strawberry
fruit, spice and an earthy complexity.The palate
is broad and rich, but there's enough acidity
to keep it poised and drinkable now."
Suggested Price $22.00
Tasting
Room
435 West Dry Creek Road, Healdsburg, CA
Phone, 707-433-1637, Fax, 707 433-7024
email: info@everettridge.com
Visit them on the web at: www.everettridge.com |
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GRGICH
1977 CABERNET SAUVIGNON
This is a great wine. It's a massive Cabernet
from start to finish, still youthful and uninvolved.
Tannins numb the surface of the wine: rich and
black with a savor that cuts at the dark fruit
like a knife. At first. that fruit is just as
black as the tannins, an essence of the black
skin of the grapes, and then it builds from under
the tannin to take on deeper, bolder plum flavors.
It should lengthen out as it ages, but even now,
it's great stuff.
Tasting
Room
1829 St. Helena Hwy., Rutherford, CA 94573
Phone (800) 532-3057 • Fax (707) 963-8725
Visit them on the web at: www.grgich.com/ |
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RICHARD
PARTRIDGE
1999 CABERNET SAUVIGNON NAPA
VALLEY
A cabernet of distinction, this wine boasts a dark,
reddish ruby color with great legs. The bouquet
is alluring aromas of blackberry and black cherry
with hints of cocoa powder, anise and spicy vanilla.
These aromas coalesce with the rich. full bodied
dark cherry and plum flavors that climax with a
long, elegant finish. Suggested Price $75 |
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CAMELLIA
CELLARS
2000 SANGIOVESE
Opens with engaging bouquet of cherry and plum.
On the palate. there is an intense raspberry and
cherry flavors balanced with a structure of soft
tannins and firm acids. It is medium bodied and
quite complex and finishes with a large dose of
spice. Suggested Retail Price: $28.00
Tasting
Room
1048 Alexander Valley, Healdsburg, CA 95448
Phone: 1-888-WINE
Come visit us on the web at: www.carnelliacelLars.com/ |
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VARIETALS |
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AGAJANIAN
1998 ZINFANDEL
Our original intention was to make this unique
red wine for our family and friends. We received
such a great response at the Zinfandel Advocates
& Producers tasting at Fort Mason-San Francisco;
we decided to go public with a limited quantity
of our private reserve. Winemaker's Notes: "An
approachable wine that shows nice control - the
fruit is restrained and the tannins are fine.
Very dark color with Port-like aromas with hints
of boysenberry, raspberry, and cigar. Technically
dry but surpassingly soft and individualistic.
Ready to drink now or be aged 10 to 15 years."
Phone:
707 433-6654
Fax: 707 433-6684
Visit them on the web at www.agajanian.com |
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CRANE
CANYON CELLARS
1999 PINOT NOIR
The vibrant. deep purple robe is a harbinger of
the intense extraction of the 1999 Pinot Noir. A
rich bouquet of black cherry. chocolate. hints of
spice and soft vanilla from the French oak. The
mouth-feel is pour-over pancake rich with an expansive
mid-palate that gains in complexity as it lingers
and lingers, slowly tapering off into a suggestion
of dried cherries. Gentle tannins and great structure
support its showy elegance. A peacock feather fan
of colors on the palate. |
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RIC
ROSS SONOMA COUNTY
1999 RUSSIAN RIVER PINOT
NOIR Saralee Vineyard
This 1999 Russian River Pinot Noir has a nose filled
with black cherry and plum with subtle French oak
in the background. The mouth has a nice complexity
with silky smooth tannins and a soft long finish. |
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GARY
FARREL
1998 PINOT NOIR
This offering is quite generous and firmly structured,
yet maintains a sublime elegance in its rich expression
of oak-enhanced strawberry/raspberry fruit. Its
very full, satisfying and lengthy finish shows great
balance and finesse, yet pleads for years of careful
cellaring. |
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MIRASSOU
CENTRAL COAST
2001 PINOT NOIR
This wine has a lush fruit bouquet that is spiced
with a touch of clove and vanilla with a background
of plum and ginger. On the palate are forward cherry
fruit flavors that nicely join plum and spice components
with a creamy oak texture leading to a long finish. |
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SAVIGNON
BLANC Mendocino County
2000 SAUVIGNON BLANC, Powerhouse Vineyard
Clean crisp, this Sauvignon Blanc comes from the
cool climate region of Mendocino County. Aromas
of citrus, mineral, pear and ripe peaches carry
through to a bold palate. Aging on lees gives it
enough body to match with lightly sauced seafood
or soft, creamy cheeses. |
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BERINGER
1999 NAPA VALLEY SAUVIGNON
BLANC
The pleasant herbal note that characterizes Sauvignon
Blanc is still there, but it is balanced by ripe
fruit flavors that have no green edge at all. I
also find a nice note of grapefruit and some spicy
fig in the wine in this vintage. |
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BRANCOTT
VINEYARDS MARLBOROUGH
2000 SAUVIGNON BLANC
This wine has a light straw color with green highlights.
The bouquet is dominated with ripe gooseberry, capsicum
and hints of tropical fruit flavors. On the palate
this wine displays rich fruit intensity from the
low 2000 yield. The fresh herbaceous flavors meld
well, while passion fruit and citrus nuances add
further interest. A well-balanced wine with the
fresh, crisp acidity associated with this style. |
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CARMENET
2000 RESERVE SAUVIGNON BLANC
The aromas of the finished wine are classically
varietal, with hints of ripe figs, melon and smoke.
The flavors are crisp and refreshing and will complement
a wide range of herbed and spiced dishes. |
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FRITZ
1999 SAUVIGNON BLANC
Ripe fruit from the Jenner Vineyard gives is rich
citrus and pineapple flavors, while fruit from the
Poplar Vineyard evokes kiwi and warm scents of baked
apple. |
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LAWSON'S
DRY HILLS
200I MARLBOROUGH SAUVIGNON
BLANC
Ripe gooseberry and passion fruit aromas are balanced
with crisp herbal flavors, good palate weight and
a long fresh finish. |
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ZINFANDEL
AMPHORA 1999
ZINFANDEL, Dry Creek Valley
The flavors are true to the nose and follow through
with medium body and intense fruit sensations of
raspberry, dried cherries and white pepper melded
with the French and American oak. |
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BELVEDERE
Dry Creek Valley 1999 Zinfandel
This is true, honest Dry Creek Zinfandel. A great
Zinfandel always has to have the rich, jammy fruit
as the star, and this wine does not disappoint!
The nose carries this character of Boysenberry jam
along with a great vanilla spice right to your senses.
As you taste the wine and finish your glass think
about it as a classic American statement: Bold,
assertive and not afraid to show you it s true colors.
Delicacy? No. Fruit-driven power? Yes. As American
as Apple Pie...only in this case its Boysenberry! |
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BOEGER
WINERY
EL DORADO 1999 ZINFANDEL
Wow, this is a big, rich Zin we were delighted to
taste at ZAP 2002. The bouquet is packed with jammy
fruit aromas. On the palate jammy fruits lead to
a spicy, peppery finish. |
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CHATEAU
SOUVERAIN
1999 DRY CREEKVALLEY ZINFANDEL
Bursting with jammy boysenberry and black cherry
notes, this Zinfandel offers a rich, round mouth-feel,
which exemplifies the classic Dry Creek "fruit-driven"
style of this varietal. Modest acidity and soft
tannins deliver a balanced, medium bodied wine,
touched with spicy, toasty notes and a hint of black
pepper from Petite Sirah, all contributing elements
to the complexity and richness throughout the long
juicy finish. |
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COTURRI
2000 Zinfandel Chauvet Vineyards
The 2000 Zinfandel Chauvet Vineyards is sweet and
fruity like the 1999 but with less acid and alcohol.
Easy sipping or serve it with some spicy foods and
you will be happy. This wine is an enigma to me;
I can't figure how it does all that it does yet
be so grapy and subtle. |
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DOMAINE
DANICA
1998 ZINFANDEL
An opaque ruby/purple color is accompanied by a
whopping 16% alcohol, which is well hidden by the
wine's high extract and rich, full-bodied, chewy
style. Aromas of jammy black fruits, pepper and
spice ooze from this unctuously textured, fat, succulent
effort with adequate acidity and gobs of flavor. |
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FREY
VINEYARDS
1999 ZINFANDEL
Wow, this is a rich wine with hints of blackberry
and raspberry. On the palate it is round and graceful
with mild tannins. Made from CCOF certified organically
grown Zinfandel grapes from the bench lands of Mendocino
County. The vines are from 17 to 33 years of age.
The grapes were harvested September and October
1999. This wine is CCOF processor certified organic
and aged on French oak. |
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LIMERICK
LANE
1999 COLLINS VINEYARD ZINFANDEL
The intense red currant, raspberry and dark cherry
flavors are backed with subtle toasty barrel notes,
firm tannins and a huge, lasting finish. This wine
has the classic structure of an age-worthy Limerick
Lane Zinfandel. |
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