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WINES
To make the wines, we use traditional fine winemaking techniques such
as small lot fermentations, the use of indigenous yeast on the grapes
to conduct the fermentations, little or no fining or filtration, and
small barrel aging. All the wines are made, tasted, and blended by the
production team of Michael, Anne, and Matt.
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2008 Dry Riesling
This is the third year we’ve made our Dry Riesling from this outstanding organic vineyard high up in the hills of Mendocino County. This year’s Riesling is in the style of our first vintage, in that the wine is fermented completely dry, with a beautiful mineral and stone character that balances the refined Riesling fruit. This wine is made in the style of the dry white wines from the Alsace region of France, an area that produces some of our favorite European white wines.
| Info & Tasting Notes: | 2008 | | Purchase: | 2008 |
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2008 Grenache
This is the first year that we've made Grenache from this rocky vineyard springing out of the old, dry riverbed near the town of Healdsburg. We’ve always loved the velvety texture and sweet pure fruit of Grenache, but had never found an ideal vineyard for producing the kind of Grenache we enjoy drinking. Finally, we found a contender.
| Info & Tasting Notes: | 2008 |
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2007 Florence Vineyard
This young vineyard planted in an extremely rocky dry riverbed in the north of the Dry Creek Valley is rapidly becoming a favorite vineyard site for Dashe Cellars. The 2007 version of this zinfandel shows all of the intense, complex aromatics of the previous vintage, as well as the depth of flavor and mouthfeel that characterize the wines of 2007.
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2007 Zinfandel Todd Brothers Ranch Old Vine
The 2007 vintage was one of the best vintages in recent memory, and for the Todd Brothers Vineyard in Geyserville—which is one of our favorite vineyards—it was also a great vintage. The thick, gnarled zinfandel vines of this ranch consistently produce one of most intense, dark, and distinctive wines. This year’s Todd Brothers Zinfandel is balanced, sensuous wine that is both packed with flavors and possessing a lovely texture and mouthfeel.
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2007 Petite Sirah
This is the first year Dashe Cellars has made a Petite Sirah from the Todd Brothers Ranch vineyard, and it is one of the darkest, most intense, and luscious wines we’ve ever made. Black-purple in color, it is certainly one of the most distinctive wines we’ve ever made!
| Info & Tasting Notes: | 2007 | | Purchase: | 2007 |
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2007 Zinfandel Dry Creek Valley
A stellar Dry Creek Zinfandel from a stellar vintage, this is a jet-black, delicious zin with loads of fruit flavors and a velvety, voluptuous texture. It has it all: balance, elegance, intensity, and complexity. We wish every vintage could be so easy to make wines as was the classic vintage of 2007.
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2007 Late Harvest Zinfandel
For most of this decade we’ve made Late Harvest Zinfandels from the great Lily Hill vineyard at Bella Winery (where Mike is the consulting winemaker). The shallow, rocky soils on the steep hills of this vineyard make the vines struggle, which in turn help the vines create very concentrated, complex grapes. One of the reasons that we love this vineyard for Late Harvest zinfandel is the wonderful acidity of the grapes. Even when we wait an extra four weeks or so to harvest the grapes (the average time that we need to leave the grapes to have them turn into Late Harvest) the grapes maintain their acidity. The resulting wine is always focused and clear--it’s never cloying, and always finishes with a crisp, clean, sweet note.
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2006 Zinfandel Louvau Vineyard Old Vines
These 70-year-old vines are some of the best vines in the Sonoma wine country. They were discovered by John Louvau on his newly-bought property in 1989, hidden beneath a field of weeds and blackberry vines that had grown over the old grapevines. John nursed the vines back to health and now they produce some of the best grapes on the entire property.
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2005 Cabernet Sauvignon, Alexander Valley
The Cabernet Sauvignon vines on the Todd Brothers Ranch—located in the steep hills of Geyserville—produce a classic Bordeau-style wine, with intense fruit, great structure, and full tannins that respond beautifully to extended bottle age. It exhibits all of the intensity and complexity of Alexander Valley Cabernet, but with a very balanced, elegant style that is reminiscent of a European wine.
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2004 Cabernet Sauvignon, Alexander Valley
Our Cabernet Sauvignon from the Todd Brothers Ranch in Alexander Valley is a classic Cabernet done in an old world—i.e. from the Bordeaux region of France—style. It exhibits all of the intensity and complexity of Alexander Valley Cabernet, but with a very balanced, elegant style that is reminiscent of a European wine
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