2008 River Wine

The 2008 Russian River Selection shows tremendous concentration and power from another strong vintage. Intense aromas of dark cherries and plums are matched with warm spices and a leathery earthiness. The palate show great depth, weight and acidity with a seductive texture leading to a balanced finished.

The 2008 Ringbolt Cabernet Sauvignon is mid to full depth in colour, showing a purple-crimson hue. The nose displays fully ripened fruit with red berries, curry leaf, cassis and oak barrel spiciness. This wine is generous and inviting, opening to plush red fruits building to a full mid palate fleshiness then leading to a complex meld of fruit, briar and ...

Our Dry Creek estate-grown Federalist Zinfandel is hand-crafted to bring out the true individuality of the Zinfandel grape. The Dry Creek Valley has unique characteristics that make it especially well-suited for cultivation of this hearty, decidedly American grape. The valley receives pronounced afternoon heat, but our vines are also cooled by the night air that creeps up the Russian River ...

Pinot Noir specialist James MacPhail has complete control over the creation of Sequana's single-vineyard wines. Grapes were hand-picked and hand-sorted, then cold-soaked prior to fermentation to maximize flavor and color extraction.In small open-topped tanks, each block was fermented separately, using primarily native yeasts. Other lots were fermented with yeasts unique to each individual ...

Pale straw color in color, the nose offers an array of bright citrus fruits with a coolingmineral blast and lifted jasmine notes. The palate delivers intensity and focus, the classicRieslings flavors of lime, grapefruit and crisp apple showing both purity and persistence.The finish is typically dry with clean, crisp acidity.

The wine's color when young is often compared to that of garnet, frequently being much lighter than that of other red wines. It has aromas of red fruits (raspberries, strawberries, black cherries) with hints of violets and spice. It is rich and complex but also relatively light. The wine's acidity frames it nicely and will pair well with a number ...

This vintage reveals the complex personality that the Russian River Valley brings to Pinot Noir. In this seventh vintage, there is a complexity to the aromas - red cherry, cranberry and forest floor are accented with anise, tobacco, rhubarb and cedar/cigar box oak. Elegantly structured with great length, the wine is bright and focused with an acidity that dances on ...

The most traditional of the Iron Horse Sparklings. Wonderfully rich and creamy, it sends all kinds of memory bells that say "champagne," though the fruit is unmistakably Green Valley of Russian River Valley. It is vintage quality in every sense of the word.Classic Vintage Brut is a food lover that shines in the presence of all things spicy, salty or ...

Russian Cuve commemorates the style of sparkling we made for the historic Reagan-Gorbachev Summit Meetings ending the Cold War. Although richer and fuller than the Classic Vintage Brut and the Brut X, the higher dosage doesn't come across as sweet, just more creamy.A perfect sipping wine, ideally paired with briny hors d'oeuvres such as smoked salmon on potato cakes, fresh ...