Tasting Notes:
This vintage pours a lovely purple-red in the glass. You will find cherries, berries and elegant pipe tobacco in the bouquet. Across the palate, dark cherries, deep plums, cassis and a sense of earthiness with approachable tannins, easing into a very pleasant finish!
Vineyard:
Our founder, George Cooper, established this vineyard, our first, in 1972 under the tutelage of legendary winemaker Martin Ray, who provided cuttings from the original Paul Masson vineyards, which Ray owned in the 1930's and 1940's. The 2-acre vineyard is planted on St. George rootstock and generally arranged in north-south rows with gentle slopes as it contours around George's home and the elevation changes from 850 to 800 feet. The soil changes from gravely on the ridge to clay in the swales.