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2007 Napa Cellars Zinfandel

Wednesday
Jun 30,2010
2007 Napa Cellars Zinfandel
  • WHO: Napa Cellars
  • WHAT: 88% Zinfandel, 12% Petite Sirah
  • WHEN: 2007
  • WHERE: Napa Valley including St. Helena, Calistoga, and Yountville.
  • HOW: The winemaker’s notes went into great detail about how this wine was made. The highlights of those notes were: color extraction by cold soaking for three days, early pressing of the grapes leading into a 5 day fermentation, then aged into French and American oak; 23% new for 18 months.

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    • 2008 Arizona Stronghold Mangus

    Thursday
    May 20,2010
    Ben loves on an Arizona Strongold Mangus
    • WHO: Arizona Stronghold Vineyard
    • WHAT: 55% Cabernet Sauvignon 36% Sangiovese 9% Merlot
    • WHEN: 2008
    • WHERE: Sulphur Springs Valley near Cochise, AZ
    • HOW: Mostly neutral oak (older barrels that impart no flavor) and a few choice 2 to 3 year old French oak barrels. Around January, they rack all of the barrels once, and then pump the juice back into those same barrels. Come April/May, the blending process begins and after the blend is chosen, it is pumped into stainless steel to homogenize for a couple of months until bottling.

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    • 2006 Phillips Hill Oppenlander Vineyard Pinot Noir Video Review

    Wednesday
    May 12,2010
    • WHO: Phillips Hill Estates
    • WHAT: 100% Pinot Noir from the Oppenlander Vineyard in Comptche’s Surprise Valley north of Anderson Valley.
    • WHEN: 2006
    • WHERE: Mendocino County, California
    • HOW: Aged 11 months in 100% French oak barrels: 40% new, 20% 1 year & 40% seasoned. 2007 vintage data stated whole berry fermentation: 4 day cold soak, 16 days on skins. Unfined and unfiltered.

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    • 2006 Miramont Estate Vineyard Celestial Cabernet Sauvignon

    • Author: The Hipster Enologists
    • Filed under: Red, Wines
    Saturday
    Apr 24,2010
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    • WHO: Miramont Estate Vineyard
    • WHAT: 100% Cabernet Sauvignon
    • WHEN: 2006
    • WHERE: Lodi, CA
    • HOW: After unsuccessfully trying to make earthly contact with the vintners, we looked up the vintage notes online. According to the Miramont website, the Celestial Lodi Cab was harvested by some dirty hippies “under starlight” at around 24 brix. The juice underwent a secondary malo-lactic fermentation then bathed in 1 year old 60 gallon American Oak barrels for an amount of time unknown to us.

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    • 2009 Georges Duboeuf Beaujolais Nouveau

    Monday
    Feb 1,2010
    2009 Georges Duboeuf Beaujolais Nouveau
    • WHO: Georges “2.5 Million Cases a Year” Duboeuf
    • WHAT: 100% Gamay
    • WHEN: 2009
    • WHERE: Appellation Beaujolais Contrôlée
    • HOW: Clusters are hand-harvested, then the grapes are fermented whole in a process known as carbonic maceration for only four days.

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    • FOXEN Winery Visit & Themed Dinner with 2008 Rose of Mourvedre, 2005 Vogelzang Cabernet Sauvignon & 2005 Mission Accomplished

    Sunday
    Jan 10,2010
    Foxen Mourvédre Grapes
    • WHO: FOXEN Winery
    • WHAT: 2005 Vogelzang Cabernet Sauvignon, 2005 Mission Accomplished, 2008 Rosé of Mourvédre
    • WHEN: Hipster Enology FOXEN Theme Dinner & Winery Visit
    • WHERE: The Shack: 7200 Foxen Canyon Rd., Santa Maria, CA 93454
      New Digs: 7600 Foxen Canyon Rd., Santa Maria, CA 93454
    • HOW: During the beautiful California summers, we hipsters like to camp in wine country. On the final day of our October journey, we decided to make one last stop. Luke pointed his migratory tarantula divining rod at the map and FOXEN it was.

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    • 2005 Michael David Petite Petit

    Wednesday
    Sep 30,2009
    2005 Michael David Petite Petit Front Label
    • WHO: Michael~David Winery
    • WHAT: 85% Petite Sirah, 15% Petit Verdot
    • WHEN: 2005 (We had to reach to the back shelf for this one!)
    • WHERE: Lodi, CA
    • HOW: Aged 14 months in French Oak barrels, then bottle aged.

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    • Rideau Vineyard Iris Château Duplantier Cuvée 2006

    Tuesday
    Sep 15,2009
    Rideau
    • WHO: Rideau Vineyard
    • WHAT: Syrah, Mourvèdre, Grenache [Percentages Unknown]
    • WHEN: 2006
    • WHERE: Solvang, CA
    • HOW: All grapes estate grown, assumed to be aged in French Oak based on previous vintage information.

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    • Bear Flag Red Blend #1

    Tuesday
    Aug 25,2009
    Bear Flag Front Label
    • WHO: Bear Flag Wines
    • WHAT: Petite Sirah, Zinfandel, Alicante Bouschet, Merlot, Tempranillo [Percentages Unknown]
    • WHEN: Our money is on 2009
    • WHERE: Modesto, really?
    • HOW: Beth and Hillary Cutler took their favorite grapes and left them to multiply like fuzzy dice in a car.

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    • Red Guitar 2007

    Thursday
    Aug 20,2009
    Bodegas ADA Red Guitar Front Label
    • WHO: Bodegas Ada Winery
    • WHAT: 55% Old Vine Tempranillo, 45% Old Vine Grenache
    • WHEN: 2007
    • WHERE: Navarra, Spain
    • HOW: Contacting the distributor, Cellar Door, couldn’t even untangle the narratives on this wine.

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