Napa Valley Producers

Question 1

Philip Togni

Answer 1

Producer in St. Helena
Family run; Philip Togni + Wife+ Daughter

-Three Wines-
Philip Togni Vineyard
-Cabernet Sauvignon w/ small amounts of Merlot, Cabernet Franc, and Petit Verdot.

Tanbark Hill

Ca’Togni Sweet Red Wine
-Made with Black Hamburgh grapes.
-Made in the Constantia style.

Question 2

ZD Abacus

Answer 2

Cabernet Sauvignon
Multi-vintage blend- solera system.
ZD Abacus XXIV (their latest bottling) is a blend of 30 years of vintages.

Question 3

Napa Valley producers of Riesling

Answer 3

Trefethen
-Dry
-Late Harvest

Chateau Montelena
-From Potter Valley

Stags’ Leap Winery (not that one- the other one)

Question 4

Inglenook

Answer 4

Established as a vineyards in 1871.
Owned by Francis Ford Coppola in 1975 who bought 1,560 acres from the profits of The Godfather.

Planted to:
-Cabernet Sauvignon
-Merlot
-Cabernet Franc
-Zinfandel

Inglenook name was reestablished in 2011.

Rubicon is a Cabernet Sauvignon Bordeaux blend.
Blancaneaux is white Rhone blend.
RC Reserve Syrah
Reserve Cask Cabernet Sauvignon
Ednizione Pennino Zinfandel

Question 5

Diamond Creek Vineyards

Answer 5

Diamond Mountain District AVA

Founded in 1968.

First winery to produce exclusively Cabernet Sauvignon

First winery to focus on terrior by dividing its sites by soil structure .

800 feet in elevation.

Three Major Vineyards:
Red Rock Terrace: 7 acres; hillside with iron-rich soils; warmer site producing wines more approachable in their youth.

Gravelly Meadow: 5 acres; old riverbed with shallow, alluvial soils; low yielding vines.

Volcanic Hills: 8 acres; grey- volcanic soils; hilltop location. Age-worthy Cabernet Sauvignon.

Now owned by the Rouzand family of Maison Louis Roederer- long history with the founders the Brounsteins.