![]() While Sauvignon blanc is a mainstay, this zone excels with Zinfandel, Petite Sirah, as well as other less common varieties like Barbera and Tempranillo. This warm area boasts multiple soil types allowing growers a lot of flexibility and experimentation with grape varieties. Smooth and rich on the palate with ripe dark fruit, blackberry, cassis, savoury herbs, mint, olive, vanilla and toasty oak spicy flavours on the palate. The High Valley AVA sits northeast of Clear Lake. Matchbook Red Gravel 2019 is a full-bodied red wine blend of Cabernet Sauvignon, Malbec and Petit Verdot sourced from the red gravels of the Dunnigan Hills, California. Guenoc Valley AVA produces fine examples of Petite Sirah, recognized for their voluptuous aromas of clove, cocoa, tobacco and deep red and blue berry flavors. Andy Beckstoffer, a leader in recognizing prime Napa Valley vineyard locales, has already invested heavily in the area. We blend in Lake County Merlot, Petit Verdot and Dunnigan Hills Syrah. Its notable volcanic and obsidian-based soils could be the source of California’s next best Cabernet Sauvignons. We purchase fruit from the famed Lake County appellation for our Matchbook Cabernet. Recently the Red Hills AVA, located within the boundaries of the Clear Lake AVA, has become the focus of some of Napa’s more respected growers. Vineyards that settle into the hills on the west side of Clear Lake create the Clear Lake AVA and produce good quality Cabernet Sauvignon, Sauvignon blanc and Zinfandel. Lake County is comprised of a handful of unique American Viticultural Areas (AVAs). Finally in the 1990s Lake County Sauvignon blanc-uniquely savory and fruity-earned the appellation a renewed reputation. While Prohibition halted viticulture here just as it did in so many California regions, winemaking activity remained fairly insignificant for a few decades longer than others. After that the wine saw fourteen months of aging in French, Hungarian, and American oak. ![]() While fermenting in small temperature controlled stainless steel tanks, they pumped the tanks over twice a day before being pressed. A warm inland area just north of Napa Valley, Lake County represents a new frontier for California winemaking. The 2016 Cabernet Sauvignon is 75 Cabernet Sauvignon, 19 Petit Verdot, 5 Malbec, and 1 Tannat. All the wine are Estate Grown and Estate Bottled that means the wines are 100 from grapes we grow on our Matchbook vineyards. ![]()
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