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2004 Laurel Glen, Estate Cabernet Sonoma Mountain |
| The 2004 has indeed retained the density and mouthfeel Tanzer describes, but it has subsequently taken on an integration and balance typical of Laurel Glen. And it is no longer the ?big lout? it once was. I predict that the 2004 will be recognized as one of the five finest Laurel Glens ever made, and one that should age through the decades. That said, I have enjoyed several bottles recently, and there is no reason to wait years to enjoy it!
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2005 Counterpoint, Estate Cabernet Sonoma Mountain |
| Compared to the exceptionally early 2004 vintage, the first pick of the 2005 vintage began a full month later, in early October. Where the 2004 vintage yielded full-throttle ripeness, the 2005 vintage is not surprisingly more restrained, and, frankly, more representative of our house style.
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2008 REDS, Lodi |
| REDS 2008 gets us back to the traditional style of REDS. Where 2007 was very warm and punctuated by several heat spikes, the 2008 season was moderate and even. Both wines reflected their particular growing conditions. But where the 2007 verged on the extravagant, the 2008 is considerably more restrained and interesting. More Details |
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2007 ZaZin, Old Vine Zinfandel, Lodi |
| Let's just begin by stating that the 2007 !ZaZin is the best !ZaZin we have ever produced. We'll get back to the details, but first......customers still ask us to explain the difference between REDS and !ZaZin, so here goes:
!ZaZin
From a single 108 year old zinfandel vineyard in the sandy southern region of Lodi
15% petite syrah added for color and heft
Aged in 75% new gallon French and American oak barrels for 15 months
A reserve wine that is not produced every year, depending on quality
Aged at Laurel Glen winery
A Wine for the People some of the time
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2008 Terra Rosa Malbec, Argentina |
| Terra Rosa is blended from our three vineyards in the northern Luján de Cuyo region and our two vineyards in the far south of the Valle de Uco. Both these regions constitute the prime growing areas of Mendoza. Here, the vineyards are tucked up against the eastern flank of the Andes, where the elevation is over 900 meters, the soils gravelly sand underlain with alluvial rocks, the temperatures moderated, and the production naturally limited by the age of the vines. The wines from the north tend to be softer and fruitier, while those from the southern vineyards display dramatic color and intensity, which affords us a broad palette of flavor and texture to work with. More Details |
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2007 Terra Rosa, Malbec, Argentina |
| Two thousand and seven marks our TENTH ANNIVERSARY in Mendoza, and what a wine to mark it with! The long and relatively cool vintage afforded us a dark black and lush, but beautifully defined and minerally, malbec. Violets, licorice, and dark berries are bright in the mouth. Terra Rosa is always both dramatic and supple, with a burst of complex and deep fruit up front and an intriguing lightness in the finish (this combination of depth and lightness is what, I think, makes malbec so attractive), and the 2007 vintage is true to form.
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2007 Tierra Divina Old Vine Malbec Valle de Uco |
| Why do so few wine labels these days reflect the origin of the wines? Maybe it's just that international-style wines have little to do with terroir. Who knows? Anyway, we are going back to our roots, and here’s the result.
Tierra Divina is an expression of the Valle de Uco: very dark; deeply fruited with ripe, dense plum and cassis fruit; complex and fragrant and exotic, with a beautiful long finish. And like the best malbecs, its power is tempered by a haunting lightness in the mouth.
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2006 Vale la Pena, Malbec, Mendoza |
| Our first vintage in Mendoza - 1998, was an unmitigated disaster. If it wasn't frost and hail, it was rain and resulting rot. Those vineyards that weren't completely destroyed never ripened adequately. The history of Mendoza is littered with such disasters, so much so that experienced growers calculate losing one vintage in five. Oddly, since 2000, while hail continues to wipe out large swathes of vineyards each year, we haven't seen the wholesale destruction of the old days. All the subsequent years have been good to excellent. More Details |
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Chevere |
| Chevere -
Chevere is a special bottling we have done for our friends at the Lambi Fund. It is not currently in general distribution, so for the moment it is available only on this website. More Details |
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