Californian producers Flashcards
Name the second estate of Ridge Monte Bello? Where is it located, what speciality?
Lytton Spring: Purchased in 1991
Dry Creek Valley AVA in Sonoma County
world class Zinfandel
Lotus Vineyard?
Producer, location, first vintage, GV?
Dana Estate - Rutherford AVA
100% Cab Sauv
2006
from the lower slopes of the Howell Mountains
1,200 ft elevation
Hershey Vineyard?
Producer, location, first vintage, GV?
Dana Estate - Rutherford AVA
100% Cab Sauv
2006
Howell Mountains
1,800 ft elevation
Joseph Phelps?
Location, flagship wines, first vintage, and blends?
St Helena’s Spring Valley - Napa Valley
Established in 1972
Insigna: Cab Sauv base wine- 1973
Eisele Vineyard: 1975 to 1991
Backus Cab Sauv - 1977
“Melbury”?
Producer, location, GV, first vintage?
Bond Estate - Bill Harlan
Napa Valley AVA - Oakville
Single vineyard “Grand Cru Selection”
East of Rutherford (Near lake Hennessey) - Sediment and heavy clay soil
1999
100% Cab Sauv
“Maya”?
Producer, location, first vintage?
- *Dalle Valle estate** (Established in 1982)
- Oakville AVA - Napa Valley*
Flagship wine - up to 500 cases every vintages
Cab Sauv base + Cav Franc (up to 50%)
1988
“Field Book Shiraz”?
Producer, location, first vintage?
Spottswoode winery
St Helena AVA - Napa (winery based)
Grapes sourced from Sonoma Coast
First vintage: 2010
Stags Leap Vineyard?
First vintage, producer, location, particularities?
Stag’s Leap Wine Cellars - Stags Leap District AVA
1972 first vintage
100% Cab Sauv
1973 Cab Sauv won the “1976 Judgement of Paris blind tasting”
Where is located Screming Eagle winery? First owner, and current winemaker?
Jean Phillips - Started to selected best parcel for its project back to 1986 - first wine created in 1992
Purchased by Charles Banks (now own Mayacamas) and Stan Kroenke in 2006
Current winemaker: Nick Gislason
Onda?
Producer, location, first vintage?
Dana Estate - Rutherford AVA
Bordeaux Blend
2010
(Renamed Ondo D’Oro for the Asian Market)
Wines of Jonata Estate?
Ballard Canyon AVA - Santa Ynez Valley
El Desafio (=defiance): Cab Saub
El Alma (=The Soul): Cab Franc
La Sangre (=the blood): Syrah
Fenix (=The Phoenix): Merlot
Tierra (=Earth/soil): Sangiovese
Fuerza (=Strength): Petit Verdot
Flor (=Flower): Sauv Blanc
Shafer
“TD-9”?
Producer, location, First vintage, blend?
Shafer Vineyard
Stags Leap District - Napa
Blend of Merlot, Cab Sauv, Malbec
Pay tribute of the honour of John Shafer in the business
2015
Jimsomare?
Producer, location, first VTG?
Ridge estate - Santa Cruz Mountain AVA
Cab Sauv
First vintage: 1978
Last vintage: 1997
“St Eden”?
Producer, location, first vintage, GV?
Bond Estate - Bill Harlan
Napa Valley AVA - Oakville
Single parcel “Grand Cru Selection”
Oakville: iron rich fractured volcanic soil
2001
Diamond Creed vineyard?
year of Establishement
Top Bottling?
Diamond Creek AVA -Napa Valley
Est 1968
First Napa winery to crack over 100$/bte in 1987
Volcanic Hills: 1972
Red Rock Terrace: 1972
Gravelly Meadow: 1972
Lake: 1978 (only in best vintages)
Stag’s Leap Wine Cellar?
Location, first vintage, flagship wines?
Stags Leap AVA - Napa Valley
First owner: Warren Winiarski, created first vintage in 1972 in colaboration with Andre Tchlelitschef
1973: won the 1976 Judgement of Paris blind Tasting
Stags Leap Vineyard: 100% Cab Sauv - 1972
Cask 23: 100% Cab Sauv - 1974
Fay Vineyard: 100% Cab Sauv - 1990
Artemis: Cab Sauv 90% - 2003
When was the flagship wine of Beaulieu vineyard first bottled? Name it?
1936
Georges de Latour Private Reserve
Name the current winemaker of Diamond Creek Vineyard?
Phil Steinschriber
Since 1991
When did Robert Mondavi rename its Sauvignon Blanc wine? By what?
In 1968
Fumé Blanc
Dalle Valle?
Location, flagship wines, first vintage?
Oakville AVA - Napa Valley
Established in 1982
Estate wine - Cab Sauv - 1986
Maya (flagship - 500 cases a year) Cab Sauv base + up to 50% Cab Franc - 1988 - Not produced in 2003/04
Collina Dalla: Cab Sauv base - 2007 (young vines)
What are the 4 parcels of Ridge Estate?
Perrone, Torre, Klein, and Rousten.
Name of previous owner
What were red wine presented of the original “Judgement of Paris” in 1976?
Bordeaux:
Château Montrose 1970
Château Haut-Brion 1970
Chateau Mouton Rotschild
Château Leoville Las Cases 1971
Californians:
Stag’s Leap Wine Cellars 1973
Ridge Vineyards Monte Bello 1971
Heitz Wine Cellars Martha’s Vineyard 1970
Clos Du Val Winery 1972
Mayacamas Vineyards 1971
Freemark Abbey Winery 1969
Littorai?
Location, flagship chardonnay wines?
Sonoma Coast and Anderson Valley
Based in Sebastopol
Mays Canyon (Sonoma Coast AVA): 1993
Charles Heintz (Sonoma Coast AVA): 1997
B.A. Theiriot (Sonoma Coast AVA): 1998
The Tributary (Sonoma Coast AVA): 2003
First vintage of Harlan?
Producer and blend?
Harlan Estate (Oakville AVA)
70% Cab Sauv, 20% Merlot + CF, PV
First commercial: 1990
What is the new estate of Tim Mondavi (son of Robert)?
Where?
Continuum Estate (family run estate)
Napa Valley’s Pritchard Hill
Created in 2004 after Mondavi been sold to Constellation brand
“Novicium”?
Producer, location, first vintage?
Tim Mondavi’s “Continuum estate”
Son of Robert, created its own project in 2005
Napa Valley’s Pritchard Hill
Second wine of the Estate - From youngest vines
2010 first vintage
When did Joseph Phelps produce the “Eisele Vineyard”?
From 1975 to 1991
Spottswoode Estate Cabernet?
Location, first vintage?
St Helena AVA - Napa Valley
Valley floor wine
1982 first vintage
Geyserville?
Producer, location, GV?
Ridge Monte Bello estate - Santa Cruz Mountain AVA
Zinfandel sourced from Sonoma County (Alexander Valley AVA)
1966
Name the 5 “Grand Cru” vineyard of Bond Estate?
Location and first vintage of each?
Melbury: 1999 - East of Rutherford (Near lake Hennessey) - Sediment and heavy clay soil
Vecina: 1999 - Next to the winery - Oakville’s Western foothills - Volcanic bedrock + alluvial washed gravels
St Eden: 2001 - Oakville: iron rich fractured volcanic soil
Pluribus: 2003 - Spring Mountain - Volcanic soil - 1,100 ft high
Quella: 2006 - Eastern slopes of the Napa - Tufa base (volcanic ash)
All wines are 100% Cab Sauv
“One Point Five”?
Producer, location, first vintage, blend?
Shafer vineyard
Stags Leap District AVA - Napa
Cab Sauv base blend
2004 first vintage
IX Estate?
Producer, location, first vintage?
Cogin Cellar
Napa Valley AVA - Pritchard Hills
40-60% Cab Sauv + Bdx varieties
2002
Who is Joe Heitz?
Winemaker and creator of Heitz Cellar (Martha’s vineyard in 1966)
former student and worker of Andre Tchelitcheff (of Beaulieu vineyard)
Passed away in 2000
Name the top cuvée of Ridge estate?
Monte Bello: 1962
Monte Bello (Chardonnay): 1962 (vintages from 1985-1998 were not produced under this designation)
Geyserville (Zinfandel-based blend): 1966
Lytton Springs Zinfandel: 1975
York Creek (Napa Valley AVA) Zinfandel: 1975
Jimsomare Cabernet Sauvignon: 1978 (discontinued after the 1997 vintage)
Estate Cabernet Sauvignon: 2008 (previously released as “Santa Cruz Mountains”)
Klein Cabernet Sauvignon: 2010
Martha’s Vineyard?
Producer, location, GV, first vintage?
Heitz Cellar (est in 1961 in St Helena)
Cab Sauv from Oakville AVA
1966 first VTG
Non produced btw 1993 and 1995 (re-planting session)
First vintage of Chateau Montelena Cab Sauv Estate?
Name the winemaker of the estate
1978
Jim Barrett (passed away in 2013)
Where is Opus One winery located?
First vintage?
Oakville AVA - Napa
1979
Bordeaux blend (all 5 grapes are present into the vineyard)
High density planting (similar to French vineyard)
Philip Togni Vineyard?
Location, top cuvée?
Spring Mountains AVA - Napa Valley
Est 1981
Philip Togni: 80% Cab Sauv + Merlot, CF, PV - 1983
Ca’ Togni: Black Hamburg sweet wine - 1985
Kronos Cab Sauv?
Producer, location, first vintage?
Corison Estate - (Est 1987)
Single parcel Cab Sauv from St Helena AVA (8 acres)
1996
Cathy Corison: 2011 winemaker of the year of the San Francisco Chronical
Mayacamas Vineyard?
Location, wines produced?
First owner and date? Current one?
Mount Veeder AVA - Napa Valley
Varietal wines mainly (Cab Sauv, Merlot, Chardo, Sauv Bl)
1889: John Fisher
1941: Bob Travers: Give the name to the winery, and its re-birth
2013: Sold to the investor Charles Bank
2017: Part of the winery devasted by the wild fire of the Napa
Dana Estate?
Location, flagship wines, first vintages and GV?
Rutherford AVA - Napa Valley
Established in 2005
Helms Vineyard: 100% Cab Sauv - Rutherford (325 ft alt) - 2005
Hershey Vineyard: 100% Cab Sauv - Howell Mountains (1800 ft alt) - 2006
Lotus Vineyard: 100% Cab Sauv - lower slopes of Howell Mountains (1200 ft alt) Napa AVA - 2006
Onda - Bdx Blend - 2010
Lyndenhurst?
Producer, location, variety, first vintage?
Spottswoods winery
St Helena AVA - Napa Valley
100% Cab Sauv
2002
first vintage of Hanzell Estate Chardonnay?
Location?
Hanzell winery - Sonoma Valley AVA
1953
(Ambassador Zellerbach wanted to reproduced the tast of Burgundy in Sonoma)
Napanook?
Producer, location, blend, First vintage?
Dominus Estate (Christian Moueix ownship)
Yountville AVA - Napa Valley
70-95% Cab Sauv + Merlot / PV
1996
Who’s producing “Quella” vineyard site?
Where from, GV, particularities?
Bond Estate - Bill Harlan
Napa Valley AVA - Oakville
Single vineyard “Grand Cru selection”
Eastern slopes of the Napa - Tufa base (volcanic ash)
100% Cab Sauv
2006
Where is Dominus Estate?
Year of Creation? Owner?
Name wines produced here?
Yountville AVA - Napa Valley
Christian Moueix (La-Fleur Petrus / Trotanoy)
Created in 1982
Dominus:80/95% Cab Sauv + Merlot / PV - 1983
Napanook: 70/95% Cab Sauv + Merlot / PV- 1996
Continuum?
Producer, location, first vintage and Second wine?
Tim Mondavi (son of Robert)
Purchased a new estate in Napa Valley’s Pritchard Hills
2005 (first fruit sourced from the Te Kalon vineyard until 2012)
Vine planted in 1991/92
Novicium: 2010 - from younger vines
“Cariad”?
Producer, location, first vintage?
Colgin Cellar
Napa Valley AVA - Pritchard hills
Cab Sauv base blend - Blend of different vineyard through Napa
Cariad means “Love” in Welsh
2000
“La Joie”?
Producer, location, first vintage, GV
La Vérité vineyard
Sonoma Valley’s Chalk Hill AVA
1998
Cab Sauvignon base wine (inspired by Pauillac wines)
What is the last vintage of Colgin Cellar’s “Herb Lamb Vineyard” Cab Sauv?
first and only wine produced by the winery between 1992 and 1999
Stopped in 2007
Trailside vineyard?
Producer, location, first vintage?
Heitz Cellar - St Helena
Rutherford AVA - Napa Valley
100 acres of Cab Sauv
1989
Bella Oak vineyard?
Producer, location, first vintage
St Helena AVA - Napa Valley
Heitz Cellar
Cab Sauv
1976 to 2006