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Premiere Napa Valley® 2010
Ahnfeldt Wines
Cases: 5
Varietal: Red Wine
Vintage: 2008
Release Date: March - 2011
Appellation: Napa Valley
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Lot Number: 130
 Lot Description:
Quid Pro Quo IV is a beautiful blend of Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet Franc and Petit Verdot from our small vineyards. Winemaker Craig MacLean has worked his magic to once more to create this smooth, balanced, wonderful wine. You will certainly get your money's worth, because, after all, quid pro quo means an "equal exchange." |
Alpha Omega
Cases: 5
Varietal: Red Wine
Vintage: 2008
Release Date: January - 2011
Appellation: Napa Valley
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Lot Number: 79
 Lot Description:
Alpha Omega's extraordinary winemakers, along with historic vineyards, combine to create wines that express the essence of Napa Valley. Talented young winemaker Jean Hoefliger has teamed with one of the world's finest palates, Michel Rolland, to create elegant, approachable and perfectly balanced wines by blending the best of Old World and New World wine styles.
This Premiere offering comes from Napa Valley's finest vineyards: Beckstoffer To Kalon in Oakville, Newton Vineyard on Spring Mountain and Stagecoach Vineyard on Atlas Peak. Utilizing all of the best Bordeaux varietals—Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc and Petit Verdot—this wine's concentration and complexity shows the perfect balance between American power, French elegance and Italian passion.
Winemaker's notes: Due to the low yield year with small berry size, we had very high concentration in this vintage. It allows us to have very extracted reds with big structure and soft tannins |
Amuse Bouche Winery
Cases: 5
Varietal: Merlot
Vintage: 2008
Release Date: September - 2010
Appellation: Napa Valley
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Lot Number: 31
 Lot Description:
A proprietary Pomerol blend created by owner/winemaker Heidi P. Barrett and personally selected from five separate Taransaud barrels to reflect the true essence of our estate Merlot (92%) and Cabernet Franc (8%) vineyards farmed by Jim Barbour. |
Anomaly Vineyards
Cases: 5
Varietal: Cabernet Sauvignon
Vintage: 2008
Release Date: March - 2011
Appellation: St. Helena
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Lot Number: 95
 Lot Description:
From just nine acres of alluvial, valley floor vineyard immediately west of St. Helena, Anomaly Vineyards cultivates wines of complexity and distinction. For Premiere Napa Valley we have picked from our favorite barrels of Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc and Petit Verdot. This is a wine with immediate vivacity, pure intense fruit, and a spicy firecreacker pop mid-palate that tails slowly into a velvety, deep, rumbling finish. |
Antica Napa Valley - Antinori Family Wine Estate
Cases: 10
Varietal: Cabernet Sauvignon
Vintage: 2008
Release Date: August - 2011
Appellation: Napa Valley
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Lot Number: 7
 Lot Description:
Antica Napa Valley - Antinori Family Wine Estate offers Ante Up in '08, 100% estate-grown Cabernet Sauvignon from our Townsend Vineyard. In 2008, with Napa Valley experiencing its coldest spring in 30 years, we thought we were being dealt a bad hand. Even on the coldest morning of April 20, when temperatures dipped into the mid-20s, we did not fold. Instead we Anted Up and this mountainside site delivered on its promise as first recognized by Piero Antinori nearly 25 years ago with grapes of extraordinary integrity and flavor. The pot wins you richly concentrated wine showcasing the pure fruit that comes from this mountainside vineyard. |
Ardente Estate Winery
Cases: 5
Varietal: Cabernet Sauvignon
Vintage: 2008
Release Date: December - 2011
Appellation: Atlas Peak
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Lot Number: 145
 Lot Description:
After three long years of sustainable farming at the Ardente Estate, finally, our first production of organic wine is here. The 2008 growing season was particularly challenging for our vines, with each producing less fruit and smaller berries, but which made for some exceptional grapes. The concentrated, well-ripened berries resulted in a dense red wine, with soft, mellow tannins and a complex flavor of cassis, black currant and hints of oak. |
Arietta
Cases: 5
Varietal: Semillon
Vintage: 2009
Release Date: October - 2010
Appellation: Napa Valley
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Lot Number: 140
 Lot Description:
Arietta produces a small quantity of a Sauvignon Blanc/Semillon blend called "On The White Keys." The Semillon for the blend comes solely from a half-acre microblock planted by Napa/Carneros grower Larry Hyde a quarter century ago. In celebration of the "secret elixir" of the Arietta "On The White Keys," and to honor its distinguished grower, Arietta winemaker Andy Erickson has set aside and nurtured a quarter barrel of 100% Hyde Vineyard Old Vine Semillon for the winning bidder. |
Ashe Family Vineyards
Cases: 5
Varietal: Cabernet Sauvignon
Vintage: 2008
Release Date: November - 2010
Appellation: Oakville
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Lot Number: 129
 Lot Description:
This one-of-a-kind wine, hand crafted by Philippe Melka, comes from the most special acre within a 35-acre family-estate Oakville vineyard. The hallmark of this wine is that it is hand destemmed, a rare, old world winemaking technique. Only one other French producer is known for this pain-staking technique which results in the purest expression of fruit possible. This wine is hand made throughout: it is meticulously groomed and manicured in the field in a manner only feasible for one acre, then hand destemmed and barrel fermented, never touching harsh machinery. |
Astrale e Terra
Cases: 5
Varietal: Syrah
Vintage: 2007
Release Date: February - 2011
Appellation: Atlas Peak
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Lot Number: 189
 Lot Description:
The powerful forces of "heaven and earth" inspired the name Astrale e Terra, a boutique winery founded by wine-loving friends to showcase the special terroir of the Atlas Peak Appellation. We make wine 1,250 feet above the Napa Valley floor—where the volcanic soils, a location above the fog line, various microclimates among our rolling hills and dramatic temperature changes that occur daily throughout the growing season ensure that our wines have a spectacular character and flavor. Less than three acres of Syrah are planted in our estate vineyards, resulting in an extremely limited production of this special varietal. We searched through each barrel of this sumptuous Syrah and blended only the best of the best for this Premiere Napa Valley wine. |
Atalon
Cases: 20
Varietal: Merlot
Vintage: 2008
Release Date: February - 2011
Appellation: Howell Mountain
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Lot Number: 194
 Lot Description:
The W.S. Keyes Vineyard Estate traces its origins back to the 1880s, when William S. Keyes began producing award-winning wines from the volcanic soils on top of Howell Mountain.
Beyond the historical significance of the vineyard, the geology and elevation are central to what makes the W.S. Keyes wine tick. The vineyard namesake was a respected geologist in the late 1800s who understood the importance of soil to making exceptional wine. The decision to plant there continues to resonate today: the vines grow in nutrient-poor soil of reddish-brown clay over white volcanic tufa at over 1,800 feet, both of which conspire to yield Merlot that is decidedly different, with exceptional concentration, minerality and structural integrity. |
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