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HISTORY:
Wines from Rutherford express the heart and soul of Napa Valley. We strive to create wines with fresh aromas, rich flavors and a smooth balanced finish. But along with true taste, Rutherford Ranch offers genuine value too.
Mr. Robert Parker, well-respected critic and wine writer for The Wine Advocate, praised our 2005 Rutherford Ranch Cabernet Sauvignon calling the premium wine, "One of the great values in California Cabernet Sauvignon (believe me there aren't many of them)..." Parker also recommended our Rutherford Ranch Rhiannon and Rutherford Ranch Chardonnay stating,
"All of these wines are amazing
bargains."
TASTING
NOTES:
Rutherford Ranch Chardonnay Napa Valley
This characteristic Chardonnay starts off with aromas of freshly picked apricots and sweet honey. The fruit theme continues with scents of crisp green apples and just peeled lemon zest followed by hints of vanilla and crème
brulee. Full bodied, with beautiful balance, this Napa Valley Chardonnay with flavors of ripe peach, pear, vanilla and crisp Myers lemon are perfectly balanced leaving your palate with a clean, crisp finish.
Food Recommendation: This Chardonnay is perfect for a summer afternoon - slightly chilled it is refreshing to drink this wine on its own or while grilling fresh salmon or sea bass with fresh herbs.
Winemaker's Notes: The long summer weather was mild and moderate, encouraging extra growth, increased berry size with heavier and tighter clusters. This cooler climate was perfect for Chardonnay and some say the grapes have the best flavors since the replanting of the vineyards in the late
1980's.
AWARDS
Silver Medal, 2008 San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition
Rutherford Ranch Sauvignon Blanc
Enticing aromas of fresh grapefruit, fig and gooseberry intertwine perfectly with pleasant mineral notes in this classic Napa Valley Sauvignon Blanc. The flavors are crisp and full, showing bright, juicy grapefruit, freshly picked honeydew and Myers lemon zest.
Food Recommendation: Our Sauvignon Blanc, being a very food-friendly wine, is a terrific choice when served with appetizers such as artichoke dip, fresh vegetables or a seafood platter. This wine is a great choice to serve with Saffron Paella, Jambalaya or along side a grilled chicken Caesar salad or fragrant Greek salad.
Winemaker's Notes: Sometimes we just have to pay tribute to the weather gods, who provided us with some spectacular conditions and made this one of the shortest growing seasons on record for the past 20 years. Although being one of the shortest growing seasons, it managed to produce the third largest harvest in history.
AWARDS
94 Points, Justwinepoints.com
Rutherford Ranch Cabernet Sauvignon
Our Napa Valley Cabernet abounds in aromas of blackberry, black currant and plum. With a solid and pleasing core of Cabernet flavor, this wine comes across with rich fruit flavors of black cherry and full ripe raspberry. The plush texture gives way to the gentle undertones of vanilla leading to a long, satisfying finish.
Food Recommendation: Our Cabernet Sauvignon is the perfect companion to all grilled or roasted red meats as well as pork. For an easy but elegant meal, combine fresh chopped rosemary and thyme with a sprinkle of garlic salt and ground pepper.
Winemaker's Notes: The growing season began with a relatively cool, rainy and late spring, providing a slow start to vine growth. The cool weather continued, with a pleasant summer and few heat spikes encouraging extra growth and larger berries. Indian summer arrived later than normal but just in time, building much needed sugars.
AWARDS
"One of the great values in California Cabernet Sauvignon (believe me, there are not many of them)."
- Robert Parker, The Wine Advocate
5 out of 5 stars - "Wow! A Stylish, top value Cabernet"
- Ronn Wiegand, Restaurant Wine
90 Points, Justwinepoints.com
Gold Medal, North of Gate Wine Competition
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The Substance of Our Style
Our focus is small production, single vineyard wines from properties we feel are the most distinctive in their appellation. We strive to create exuberant, intensely flavored, richly textured wines of structure and balance, that reflect the specific personality of each vineyard site.
Our winemaking begins with constant, meticulous care in the vineyard in order to cultivate in the resulting fruit the richest yet most nuanced expression of terroir. Soil is prepared, vines are pruned and crops are thinned throughout the growing season to maximize concentration and flavor development in the grapes. We strive to achieve what is called physiological ripeness, which takes into account not only the fruit but the stems, skins and seeds, all of which must be fully
"ripe" to make a truly superior wine.
We harvest and sort our grapes by hand, allowing them to go through primary and secondary (malolactic) fermentation using native, or wild, yeasts that come in on the skin of the grapes. Skin contact is maximized during winemaking and the whites are pressed whole cluster and stirred sur lies, which allows for increased complexity in the resulting wine and imparts phenolics and textural components particular to each vineyard site. Wines are aged in hand selected French oak barrels until seamless integration is achieved. They are then bottle unfined and unfiltered to assure that nothing is lost in the translation from vine to glass.
You might describe our winemaking as modern classic. Making wine, like living well, is a balance of experience and intuition, discipline and discovery. We believe we can make the best wines by keeping our roots firmly planted in traditional winemaking principles, while availing ourselves of modern techniques which allow us to constantly improve the quality of our wines.
LA SPINETTA Barolo Campè
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Pond Point
The work at LA SPINETTA is dedicated to the vineyards, which we treat with the utmost care, attention and respect, especially in regards to agronomy and production quantities. By using no or the least possible amount of chemicals and by keeping our production relatively small (only 17-20 hl (1.7 -2 tons) per hectare), we put 90% of our effort into our vineyards. We are aware that the vineyards have long existed before LA SPINETTA has begun to make wine and they will survive
us.
Not having inherited our land through generations of winemakers, our vineyards were carefully selected. All of our vineyards have south, south-east or south-west exposure and the vines are mostly of old age (35-65 years). Only vines of substantial age are able to give mineralogy, longevity, complexity and terrain character to the wine. Vines of younger age, we only use to make three wines: Barbera Cà di Pian, Langhe Nebbiolo and Il Nero di Casanova.
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Barossa
Jack Shiraz -OUT
OF STOCK !!!!!!
Another Exclusive
offering from Pond Point
Extremely
Limited & Only
at Pond Point !
Made
with grapes from
vineyards strung along
a winding five-mile
section of the Barossa
hills. The
violet-and-blueberry
scent leads into sweet
black- cherry flavors.
Loaded with black
raspberry, cassis
fruit and beautiful
purity. You experience
notes of chocolate and
spice. This wine is
rich, shows good depth
and complexity and
drinks more like twice
the price. Barossa
Jack is one of four
new wines from Pure
Love Wines. Coming
from Jayson
Woodbridge, the
prestigious winemaker
that brought you
Hundred Acre. 100%
Shiraz.
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Cakebread
Sauvignon Blanc & Chardonnay !!!
Get
yours while you can !
Founded
in 1973 by Jack and Delores Cakebread, this
family-owned winery includes sons Bruce, the
winemaker, and Dennis, who is responsible for
sales and marketing. Cakebread Cellars
produces Sauvignon Blanc, Chardonnay,
Chardonnay Reserve, Cabernet Sauvignon and
Rutherford Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon, all
made from Napa Valley grapes.
Our
very aromatic Napa Valley Chardonnay
offers delightfully forward aromas of ripe
pears and apples, with intriguing scents of
guava and banana. On the palate, the wine
boasts a full, fleshy texture and rich, ripe
flavors balanced by subtle, spicy oak tones
and an excellent underpinning of acidity.
Delicious now, this very flavorful Napa Valley
Chardonnay will gain additional bouquet and
complexity with 18-24 months of further bottle
age. - Winemakers notes
Cakebread's
interpretation of this wine is a classic
expression of the varietal, with aromas of
fresh pink grapefruit, mineral, and stone
fruit. On the palate, the flavors mirror the
aromas. Refreshing and lively fruit acids with
hints of mineral, gooseberry, melon and
grapefruit all contribute to this wine's
overall crisp impression. The wine's lovely
fruit intensity and subtle vanilla oak notes
carry into the clean, persistent finish.
WINE NEWS:
From Home
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Music 'can enhance wine taste'
by newsmax.com
Playing a certain type of music can enhance the way wine tastes, research by psychologists suggests.
The Heriot Watt University study found people rated the change in taste by up to 60% depending on the melody heard.
The researchers said cabernet sauvignon was most affected by "powerful and heavy" music, and chardonnay by "zingy and refreshing" sounds.
Professor Adrian North said the study could lead retailers to put music recommendations on their wine bottles.
The research involved 250 students at the university who were offered a free glass of wine in exchange for their views.
Brain theory
Four types of music were played - Carmina Burana by Orff ("powerful and heavy"), Waltz of the Flowers from The Nutcracker by Tchaikovsky ("subtle and refined"), Just Can't Get Enough by Nouvelle Vague ("zingy and refreshing") and Slow Breakdown by Michael Brook ("mellow and soft")
The white wine was rated 40% more zingy and refreshing when that music was played, but only 26% more mellow and soft when music in that category was heard.
MUSIC RECOMMENDATIONS
Cabernet Sauvignon: All Along The Watchtower (Jimi Hendrix), Honky Tonk Woman (Rolling Stones), Live And Let Die (Paul McCartney and Wings), Won't Get Fooled Again (The Who)
Chardonnay: Atomic (Blondie), Rock DJ (Robbie Williams), What's Love Got To Do With It (Tina Turner), Spinning Around (Kylie
Minogue)
Syrah: Nessun Dorma (Puccini), Orinoco Flow (Enya), Chariots Of Fire (Vangelis), Canon (Johann
Pachelbel)
Merlot: Sitting On The Dock Of The Bay (Otis Redding), Easy (Lionel Ritchie), Over The Rainbow (Eva Cassidy), Heartbeats (Jose Gonzalez)
Source: Montes wines
The red was altered 25% by mellow and fresh music, yet 60% by powerful and heavy music.
The results were put down to "cognitive priming theory", where the music sets up the brain to respond to the wine in a certain way.
"Wine manufacturers could recommend that while drinking a certain wine, you should listen to a certain sort of music," Prof North said.
The research was carried out for Chilean winemaker Aurelio Montes, who plays monastic chants to his maturing wines.
Mr Montes said: "It was therefore a natural extension to link with Heriot Watt and to scientifically determine the impact that music has on how wine tastes."
Previously, Professor North conducted supermarket research which suggested people were five times more likely to buy French wine than German wine if accordion music was played in the background.
If an oompah band was played, the German product outsold the French by two to one.
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