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  • Country ranking ?

    462
  • Producer ranking ?

    9
  • Decanting time

    2h
  • When to drink

    2020-2035

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Vintage 2010

NAPA VALLEY Vintage Report 2010

In the cellar, winemakers delighted, undeterred by challenges of Mother Nature

In some years winegrowers must feel like baseball players in the batting cage swinging at whatever Mother Nature throws their way, and for vintage 2010 in California's renowned Napa Valley this was the case. Rainfall returned after three dry years, pushed bud break, flowering and fruit-set back by at least two weeks at the front...

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50% whole cluster, 50% new oak, 1 km from the ocean but warm because it sits above the fog on a ridge. Shallow soils – about 1 metre on rock. Devigorating soil so small berries and low skin/juice ratio allowing more new oak. He now buys about 80% of the fruit from this vineyard.
Translucent garnet. So delicately perfumed. Almost floral – roses as well as gentle red fruit and a touch of garrigue. Then denser and sweeter on the palate. Very silky and supple but not as delicate as I expected. Lots of fruit depth and a long finish. Sweet but fresh and that stemminess is important for the freshness. Deliciously juicy so that it is both fun and refined. Lots of pleasure and drinkability. (JH)

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Sonoma, California
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