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2. USA wine production
Wineries in all 50 States
Main centres: California, Oregon, Washington
and New York.
Post-Pylloxera, familiar European varieties on
native American root stocks
American Viticultural Areas (AVAs) since 1980:
can be a whole County or a small geographic
area; e. g. Mendocino AVA and Oakville AVA
3. Californian wine production
Thriving wine industry before Phylloxera in late
1880s
Prohibition in 1920s
1930-1960: Cheap, bulk wines from Central
Valley
1960–present: Explosive growth in quality and
quantity; small boutique wineries
Polarisation of size of winery and quality (and
cost) of wine
Quality wines from cooler regions: Davis Zones
I-III
4. Wineries in California by County
Napa 284
Sonoma 210
San Luis Obispo 98
Santa Barbara 50
Mendocino 46
TOTAL 1,050
6. Davis Climatic
Zones
Region I: <2,500 degree days
Bordeaux, Champagne
Region II: 2,500-3,000 degree days
Nth Italy (Piemonte)
Region III: 3,000-3,500 degree days
Nth Spain
Region IV: 3,500-4,000 degree days
Cape Province SA, Tuscany
Region V: >4,000 degree days
Western Australia
13. 1. Bonterra Sauvignon Blanc, 2008
Colour: Pale-green
Aroma: Intense aromas of grapefruit, citrus, kiwi
and fresh cut grass greet the nose
Palate: The crisp acidity gives the wine a fresh
vibrant feel with flavours of grapefruit, lime zest
and grass that closes with flavours of melon and
a nice tart finish.
14. 2. Cartlidge and Browne
Chardonnay, North Coast, 2010
The Cartlidge and Browne winery is in Santa Rosa, Nth
Sonoma
Cartlidge and Browne buy in grapes from their extensive
contact list of growers, in Mendocino, Sonoma and the
Sierra foothills.
The winemaker, Paul Moser, aims to make wines in the
restrained European style where quality relies on fruit
and balance rather than power.
The chardonnays have bags of fresh fruit flavour and are
considered to be among California’s best value whites.
15. 2. Cartlidge and Browne
Chardonnay, North Coast 2010
Aroma: green, red and brown apple medley and
more floral honeysuckle lead.
Palate: both silky and alive. Flavours of honey
and baked bread from sur lees aging while
maintaining a delicious fruit profile.
Very French in style with an elegant minerality
and complexity combined with the slightest
caramel and brown sugar notes.
19. 3. Six Vineyards Pinot Noir,
Willamette Valley, 2008
Eric Lemelson came to the wine business after a
previous career as an environmental lawyer
First Pinot Noir vines were planted in 1995. Today some
120 acres and a unique state-of-the-art winery
The vineyards have been farmed organically given
Lemelson’s environmental background and belief that
grapes develop their full flavour potential without the use
of synthetic chemicals
A fine, plump, cherry-fruited pinot blended from six
vineyard sites, and now Lemelson’s second label.
20. 3. Six Vineyards Pinot Noir,
Willamette Valley, 2008
Nose: it has great aromatic complexity with strawberry,
plum, dried flowers, ripe black cherries and subtle earth.
Palate: is bright and fresh with lovely, sweet red cherry
and citrus throughout the soft, medium-bodied mid-
palate. Bigger than average tannins serve to create an
unusually long finish for this wine
It is drinking very well, even days after bottling.
Now to 2014.
21. DVD Interlude
Jancis Robinson
Biodynamism in Burgundy
Terroir
Oregon (Willamette Valley AVA)
Pinot Noir in California (Russian River AVA)
15 minutes
23. Clos du Val
A Napa Valley icon!
Founded in 1970; first wines 1972 Cabernet
Sauvignon
Clos du Val Cabernet Sauvignon competed with
Bordeaux wines in famous 1976 Paris blind
tasting
Prime vineyards in Stags Leap, (near Yountville)
& Los Carneros
24. 4. Clos du Val Merlot, 2006
77% Merlot, 16% Cabernet Sauvignon,
7% Cabernet Franc
cf Pomerol & St Emilion
25. 4. Clos du Val Merlot 2006
A consumer’s view:
Nose: plum and chocolate, cherry and
cinnamon, pepper and a little oak.
Palate: still a bit tannic, but had chocolate
and cherry, pepper and plum, and a
slightly spicy finish
26. Zinfandel
Zinfandel is a variety of red grape planted in over 10
percent of California vineyards
DNA fingerprinting revealed that it is genetically
equivalent to the Croatian grape Crljenak Kaštelanski,
and also the Primitivo variety traditionally grown
in Puglia
The grapes typically produce a robust red wine, although
a semi-sweet rosé (blush-style) wine called White
Zinfandel has six times the sales of the red wine in
the United States
The grape's high sugar content can be fermented into
levels of alcohol exceeding 15 percent.
28. 5. Ravenswood Lodi Old Vine
Zinfandel, 2009
Joel Petersen founded in 1976
A champion of Zinfandel
77% Zinfandel, 23% Petite Syrah
Sourced from: 97% Lodi, 3% North Coast
Aging: 18 months French Oak, 30% new
Skin Contact: 7–9 days of skin contact during
Native fermentation
Alcohol: 14.5%
Drink now, or age another 5–7 years
29. 5. Ravenswood Lodi Old Vine
Zinfandel, 2009
Aromas and flavours: Dried currants,
spice, plum, and wild berry along with self-
assured, muscular tannins and balanced
acidity
Unbelievable with lasagna, grilled pepper
steak, or stew
31. 6. Duck Pond Cellars Cabernet
Sauvignon, 2010
Duck Pond Cellars is a family winery which owns and
operates 340 acres of vineyards in northern Oregon (for
Pinot Noir and Pinot Gris) and 520 acres in Columbia
River AVA, eastern Washington (for Cabernet
Sauvignon, Chardonnay and Merlot).
80.5% Cabernet Sauvignon, 18% Cabernet Franc, 1.5%
Merlot
The vines spread their roots through the sand and rock
of the Eastern Washington desert seeking moisture.
The resulting fruit is produced with great effort and is
extremely concentrated in flavour with rich and ripe
blackcurrant flavours with a backdrop of cedar and
spice.
32. 6. Duck Pond Cellars Cabernet
Sauvignon, 2010
Colour:
Aroma:
Palate: This wine embodies the elements of its creation:
rich and ripe fruit flavours, (current, raisin, cherry & plum)
powerful body and a heady aroma. Great balance lends
the wine to a variety of food pairings; match for intensity.
33. 7. Turner’s Crossing, Cabernet
Sauvignon 2004. Bendigo
Bendigo, Central Victoria [Loddon River!]
Selected grapes; matured for 18 months in French oak
Look
Density of colour?
Rim?
Aroma
Vanilla from oak casks
Blackcurrants, mulberries, plums, pepper, cloves.
Taste
Full-bodied, huge, rich, fruity with hints of the flavours
of matured red wine:
leather, game, tar, cigar box, chocolate
34.
35. 8. Quady Winery Elysium Black
Muscat, 2009
From Madera in the Central Valley.
Black Muscat is known in Europe as a table grape
variety, Muscat Hamburg, one of the very few black
skinned muscats. If ripened to as sweetness of about 25
brix, it attains a rose-like aroma and lychee-like flavour.
Elysium is used to either accompany or replace dessert.
It is wonderful with blue cheeses, with desserts
containing red fruits (such as Summer Pudding,, with
vanilla, with dark chocolate, with ice cream desserts.
One favourite is to pour the wine onto vanilla ice cream.
37. 8. Quady Winery Elysium Black
Muscat, 2009
With nearly 200 g/l residual sugar, this wine is
enormously sweet in honey and black cherry flavours,
balanced by brilliant acidity. For something unusual, try
with a runny cheese, like a soft Gorgonzola.
38. Today’s wines
1. Bonterra, Sauvignon Blanc, Mendocino & Lake Co, 2008 £10.99 W
2. Cartlidge and Browne, Chardonnay, North Coast, 2010 £9.50 WS
3. Six Vineyards Pinot Noir, Willamette Valley, 2008 £9.50 WS
4. Clos du Val, Merlot, Napa Valley, 2006 £17.95 S
5. Ravenswood, Lodi Old Vine Zinfandel, 2009 £8.75 * WS
6. Duck Pond Cellars, Cabernet Sauvignon, Columbia River, WA, 2010
£14.60 S
7. Turner’s Crossing, Cabernet Sauvignon, Bendigo, 2004 £15.00 OZ
8. Quady Winery Elysium, Black Muscat, 2009 [37.5cl] £10.70 *
W Waitrose * Majestic WS Wine Society S Slurp.co.uk OZ OZWINES
39. Aroma test
Which of today’s wines is this?
Think of characteristic aromas!
40. Best value
Which of today’s range offers best value?
41. Next session
Wednesday 13 June 2012
at 2.30pm
Viognier