Ambridge Church Tour

Another formal wine presentation tonight for some new company consumers. We are going to tour California with some of our favorites from Napa, Sonoma, and Monterey. Below are my notes for your perusal.

Domaine Carneros Brut

* Champagne design wine
* Mix of Chardonnay, Pinot Black
* Winery owned by Taittinger (famed Champagne family)
* Grapes developed in the Carneros region of California
* Cooler growing area, much better for grapes of this type
* Vintage dated
* Brut fashion implies not only implies dry but also the conventional blend of Chardonnay and Pinot Noir
* Rated 91 points by Spectator
* Flavors clean cherry and vibrant pear

Caymus Conundrum

* The exciting component of Conundrum is we dont know what it is
* Generally 5 grapes dominated by Sauvignon Blanc and Chardonnay
* Sourced from all about California such as Napa, Sonoma, Monterey, and Tulare counties
* Every single lot of grapes dealt withindividually and fermentated individually including growing older some grapes in French oak and others in Stainless Steel tanks
* Mix modifications every yr
* Produced by Caymus Winery/Wagner Family members 1 of the California vineyard royals
* Honeysuckle (Muscat), Butter/Silk Texture (Chardonnay), Bell Pepper/Grass (Sauvignon Blanc), Spicy, Crisp complete (Viognier)

Cuvasion Chardonnay

* Cuvasion vineyard two spots St Helena &amp Carneros
* Expand Chardonnay and Pinot Black at Carneros area, because of cooler local weather
* Ferment Chardonnay in neutral French oak, usually one 2 a long time employed
* Dry fashion, extremely well balanced
* Peach, pineapple (normal of CY), clove and toast (French oak)

Fogdog Pinot Noir

* A single of my favorites
* From Sonoma Coastline appropriate close to the Pacific, they grow solely Pinot Black and Chardonnay
* Owned and produced by Joseph Phelps who also owns Insignia which lately received ninety nine position score for 07Cabernet
* one hundred% sourced from two vineyards
* Fermented for fifteen months in forty five% new French oak and fifty five% two-3 12 months utilised barrels
* Wine is common of Sonoma Coast
* Spice and backbone balanced with minerality and cherry

Chappellet Mountain Cuvee

* Bordeaux design blend from California
* 6 Bordeaux Grapes: Cabernet Sav, Cabernet Franc, Merlot, Malbec, Petit Verdot, Carmenere
* Chappellets Cuvee has all apart from Carmenere
* Aged in French oak
* This wine is created for early consumption i.e. not to be aged
* Intricate wine with total fruit (Cab &amp Merlot), earth/floral (Cab Franc) and toasted finish (oak growing older)

Stags Leap Wine Cellars Fingers of Time

* Its 1976, California is set to contend with the French (kings of the wine planet) in their popular yearly blind tasting, two wines emerge as winners: Stags Leap Wine Cellars Cabernet &amp Chateau Montelena Chardonnay
* Stags Leap was founded by WilliamWiniarski in early 70s and has been house to some extremely famous wine makers
o Bob Periods (Hanzell)
o John Williams (Frogs Leap)
o Ricardo Herrera (Screaming Eagle)
o Paul Hobbs (Paul Hobbs)
o Michael Silicci (Opus 1)
o John Kongsgaard (Kongsgaard/Arietta)
* This wine honors all of people and other winemakers of SLWC in Palms of Time
* Cabernet (51%), Merlot (46%), Syrah (3%)
* Fresh berries cherry, strawberry, raspberry