-
Dark red color. Black cherry and plum aromas and flavors. Plush texture and fresh finish. - Expressive, innovative and complete. The plum-colored, youthful Pinotage exudes aromas of strawberries and prunes. You'll taste berries and spicy oak which is supported by supple tannins and ending in an elegant, lingering finish.
- Well-rounded, elegant and adaptable. The Hill&Dale Shiraz is a delicious medium bodied wine with a rounded tannic structure. Ideal for cellar storage, it will age well and gain in complexity over the next three to five years. The Shiraz is a particularly versatile wine which complements almost all red meat dishes, pastas and stews.
- Imaginative, optimistic and harmonious. With its delicate citrus and vanilla-oak flavors, made in a pleasing style that will appeal to lovers of fruit-led Chardonnay, Hill&Dale Chardonnay is the ideal accompaniment to a lazy lunch or the exhalation of a long day.
- Anatomy 2012 is a blend of 89% Cabernet Sauvignon, 7% Merlot and 4% Syrah. This wine was produced from the following Sub AVAs : 44% Rutherford, 21% Coombsville, 11% Atlas Peak, 8.6% Sonoma county, 7.1% Yountville, 4.1% Sonoma Mountain, 4.2% Saint Helena. The wine is medium bodied with crisp aromas of blackberry, cranberry, licorice, sweet oak and coffee.
- Bright and juicy with a mouthful of fresh red fruits at the core and caramel, balsa wood and currants adding nuances to the wine. A big yet bright, fresh and savory wine packed with red cherry.
- A dark wine with a French character. Black fruits, blueberry, leather, minty-ness, and cigar box. Firm, focused and distinctive. A thoughtful wine.
- The wine has a classic Rutherford character. It is an elegant, classy wine with aromas of cranberry, spices, smoke, cedar and sap notes. It is rich and balanced revealing a slight dryness on the finish that will attenuate with further aging.
- The Meczan Pinot Noir is distinguished by its unmistakable varietal character, its distinctive aroma and fruity character, by its bright ruby color with garnet reflexes, and its fresh, stimulating bouquet with seductive hints of woodland berries and cherry. On the palate Meczan is harmonious, sappy and mellow with impressive fruit.
- The Kolbenhof Gewürztraminer is characterized by sumptuous fruit. Deep golden yellow in color with green reflexes, on the nose it is reminiscent of ripe apricot and peach intermingled with exotic fruits such as lychee, mango and passion fruit. The fruit characteristics follow through on the palate; full-bodied, luscious but dry, the opulence cut by vibrant, firm acidity finishing elegant, dry and aromatic.
- Medium-full straw yellow in color, fresh aromas of peach combined with apple and pear on the nose, elegant and zesty on the palate, harmonious in structure, round with masses of finesse and a hint of nut on the finish.
- An extremely elegant wine with impressive structure and a full, complex bouquet, well-balanced on the palate with excellent mouth feel and fruit underpinned by firm, mouth-watering acidity.
- A classic and very expressive Pinot Grigio, bright straw yellow in color with an attractive aroma of citrus fruits, peach, honeydew melon and especially pear; medium rich, fruity, well-structured and direct on the palate with orchard fruit flavors and tangy, fruity acidity on the finish.
- Cecil De Loach has been farming this Russian River Valley Gewürztraminer since 1979. We section off and net less than ten rows of our Gewürz to designate them as "late harvest".
- This Cabernet Franc is grown in the Chalk Hill sub-appellation of the Russian River Valley, located on the Los Amigos Ranch just south of Healdsburg.
- This deep purple garnet Cabernet Sauvignon exhibits bright aromas of blackberry, chocolate and hints of cherry-tomato
- Versatile, fresh and vibrant. The Hill&Dale Pinot Grigio is a wonderfully fresh and vibrant wine best enjoyed young. The tropical fruit flavors on the palate make it an ideal accompaniment to leafy salads but its versatility means that you can also partner it with any other dish!
- Free-spirited, creative and well balanced. The Hill&Dale Sauvignon Blanc is an elegantly crisp dry wine with style and individuality. The layers of mouth-filling tropical fruit and gentle hints of grass make it the perfect wine to accompany a light meal or to take along to your next book club.
- Full, bright ruby, almost black in color, this is an extremely typical Lagrein, very easily recognizable. It is immediately impressive due to the excellent equilibrium between intensity and complexity, between aromas of spice and small woodland berry fruits and violets. Its fragrance is striking, clear, captivating and fresh. Very harmonious on the palate, with assertive but supple tannins, full, broad, velvety, round with subtle spice on the finish enlivened by palate-lifting acidity.
- A superb Pinot Noir, whose concentration is clearly heralded by its dark ruby color. Initially it seems somewhat closed on the nose, but then opens up in the glass to reveal its authentic, noble Pinot Noir origins. The aroma reminiscent of sour cherry and raspberry is enhanced by a delicate hint of vanilla and spice. On the palate it shows excellent harmony with elegant acidity, well-integrated sweet tannins and enormous concentration of aromas.
- These 20-year old vines stretch along the front 5 acres of the Hook & Ladder Estate Winery on Olivet Road.
