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Intensely perfumy, this wine displays an exotic blend of blackberry/cassis, cedar, cocoa, clove, and plum. The palate impression is rich and round, with surprisingly soft tannins gracing the finish. Sweet fruit juice and vanilla flavors linger at the finish. Crafted as a wine to cellar for 5-8 years, the wine nonetheless demonstrates early approachability. This wine was produced from 100% Cabernet Sauvignon grapes, entirely grown on the D.R. Stephens Estate in Napa Valley. It contains a blend of four different clones of Cabernet Sauvignon. The wine was aged in 100% French oak, 80% new, for 22 months.

Classically and unmistakably Rutherford in origin, this Cabernet abounds with dark cherry and raspberry tones, complexed by cocoa, anise, and a touch of wild mint. The palate entry impression is one of sweet summer berries, but quickly complexes as tones of vanilla, oak, and baking spices gain intensity. Like the Moose Valley Cabernet, the structure is soft and supple, with sweet juicy tones lingering on the finish. This wine was crafted completely from the Grace clone Cabernet Sauvignon of the Walther River Block Vineyard, located on the eastern bench lands of the Rutherford viticultural area. This one-acre vineyard was selectively picked in mid-October, 2000. The wine was aged in 100% French oak, 75% new, for a total of 22 months. A total of 450 cases were produced.

Sweet, gentle aromas of fresh apricots, wildflowers, clover honey, toasty oak and vanilla. The palate is soft at entry, very rich and full, with bright apricot and fresh orange juice flavors which melt into a warm, buttery/creamy finish. Cinnamon and nutmeg tones balance the toasty oak character. This Chardonnay was hand-harvested from a vineyard at the very edge of San Pablo Bay, in the coldest part of Carneros. It is entirely made from the Dijon 76 clone of Chardonnay. The fruit was whole-cluster pressed and fermented in 100% French Oak, of which 75% was new. The wine was kept sur-lie for 10 months, with battonage (lees stirring) for the first 6 months. All of the wine has undergone complete malolactic fermentation.

Deep, ripe and intense, the aromas on this Cabernet Sauvignon are of baked sweet plums, dark chocolate-coated raspberries, and (of course) the signature of the D. R. Stephens Cabernets, the note of blueberry pie. These fruit impressions are interwoven with subtle hints of mocha, vanilla and warm nutmeg. The palate impression is immediately broad, rich and full, with forward warm cherry, plum and cassis flavors. Soft tannins surround the sweet, fruit-forward flavors, which linger through the finish. This 100% Cabernet Sauvignon, entirely produced from the Stephens Estate in St. Helena was harvested in early October 2002, then aged in 100% new French Oak barrels for 22 months.

Our first Chardonnay crafted entirely from Hudson Vineyard chardonnay shows Carneros' cool-climate character at its finest. With the trademark fresh orange-blossom and tropical fruit notes dominating the aromas, and a selection of Burgundy's finest barrel makers supporting the fruit with the nuances of toasty vanilla and oak, this wine is a bright, gregarious, full-bodied rendition of the variety. 100% new barrel-fermented and left on the yeast lees for 10 months, the body of this wine is rich and round, fully ripe and intensely flavored. I think it is drinking beautifully now, but don't rush through your allocation, it will gain complexity with a bit of bottle age. This wine was aged for 10 months in 100% thin-stave French oak from a selection of premier tonnelleries of which 75% was new.