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Parador(2001)
- Winery:
- Parador Cellars Vineyards
- Varietal:
- Region:
- USA > California > Napa
- Type:
- Red Wine
- 1999
Other Vintages
Production:
14 barrels regular cuvée / 3 puncheons Reserva
/2 puncheons Gran Reserva/ 5 barrels "Hossfeld
Vineyard" Cabernet Sauvignon / 5 barrels
"Watchtower Vineyard" Cabernet Sauvignon
Vineyards:
Cabernet Sauvignon
Hossfeld Vineyard - Steep, terraced planting on
eastern Napa Valley hillside bowl in Soda Canyon.
Historically late-ripening vineyard with extremely
low yields . Typically higher pH mountain fruit;
deeply colored, with faint mountain-thistle and
dark berry character. read more... Luce-Abbey Vineyard - Prime St. Helena hillside vineyard. One ton of Classic Napa Cabernet;
broad, complex structure / Fantastic Aromatics. Sangiovese
Caldwell Vineyard - John Caldwell's Coombsville vineyard is quite well known and not by
accident. This is an area cooler at times than Carneros. The Sangiovese here is a small
planting of Grosso clone on a hillside bowl. The resulting fruit is very high pitched - cherry
like character with amazing naturally high acidity. Here, the high frequencies soar. Tempranillo
Rancho Chimiles Vineyard - This virgin vineyard site was cleared and planted especially for
the Parador project, from cuttings and plants originating from the Ribera del Duero and Rioja.
The vineyard is planted at an elevation of 1000 feet and on a slope filled with sandstone rock.
When observed by Alejandro Fernandez he remarked the site 'looks like that which one
would find in Spain '.
Rhinefarm Vineyard - Small planting just north of Carneros. Very cool-climate vineyard,
producing color-extracted berries. Imparts typically broad mouthfeel and interplays with the
Sangiovese and Cabernet to create Burgundy-like spice in the bouquet. Mixed oak program: Cabernet Sauvignon undergoes m/l fermentation in small, tight-grain French cooperage. Sangiovese undergoes m/l fermentation in 130 gallon French oak puncheons. Tempranillo undergoes m/l fermentation in small tight-grain French oak barrels. Blend is assembled within 3-5 months upon completion of m/l.; released 36 months after
harvest Reserva selection was assembled prior to 2nd racking and transferred to four puncheon
barrels where the wine was aged until bottling after 36 months from harvest. It is then aged
in bottle 12 months prior to release, totaling 48 months of aging from the time of harvest.
Release scheduled for the fall of 2005 Gran Reserva was determined possible in 2001, selected from two new Taransaud French
oak puncheon barrels and aged an additional year longer than the Reserva. Scheduled for
release in the fall of 2006. (hide)
14 barrels regular cuvée / 3 puncheons Reserva
/2 puncheons Gran Reserva/ 5 barrels "Hossfeld
Vineyard" Cabernet Sauvignon / 5 barrels
"Watchtower Vineyard" Cabernet Sauvignon
Vineyards:
Cabernet Sauvignon
Hossfeld Vineyard - Steep, terraced planting on
eastern Napa Valley hillside bowl in Soda Canyon.
Historically late-ripening vineyard with extremely
low yields . Typically higher pH mountain fruit;
deeply colored, with faint mountain-thistle and
dark berry character. read more... Luce-Abbey Vineyard - Prime St. Helena hillside vineyard. One ton of Classic Napa Cabernet;
broad, complex structure / Fantastic Aromatics. Sangiovese
Caldwell Vineyard - John Caldwell's Coombsville vineyard is quite well known and not by
accident. This is an area cooler at times than Carneros. The Sangiovese here is a small
planting of Grosso clone on a hillside bowl. The resulting fruit is very high pitched - cherry
like character with amazing naturally high acidity. Here, the high frequencies soar. Tempranillo
Rancho Chimiles Vineyard - This virgin vineyard site was cleared and planted especially for
the Parador project, from cuttings and plants originating from the Ribera del Duero and Rioja.
The vineyard is planted at an elevation of 1000 feet and on a slope filled with sandstone rock.
When observed by Alejandro Fernandez he remarked the site 'looks like that which one
would find in Spain '.
Rhinefarm Vineyard - Small planting just north of Carneros. Very cool-climate vineyard,
producing color-extracted berries. Imparts typically broad mouthfeel and interplays with the
Sangiovese and Cabernet to create Burgundy-like spice in the bouquet. Mixed oak program: Cabernet Sauvignon undergoes m/l fermentation in small, tight-grain French cooperage. Sangiovese undergoes m/l fermentation in 130 gallon French oak puncheons. Tempranillo undergoes m/l fermentation in small tight-grain French oak barrels. Blend is assembled within 3-5 months upon completion of m/l.; released 36 months after
harvest Reserva selection was assembled prior to 2nd racking and transferred to four puncheon
barrels where the wine was aged until bottling after 36 months from harvest. It is then aged
in bottle 12 months prior to release, totaling 48 months of aging from the time of harvest.
Release scheduled for the fall of 2005 Gran Reserva was determined possible in 2001, selected from two new Taransaud French
oak puncheon barrels and aged an additional year longer than the Reserva. Scheduled for
release in the fall of 2006. (hide)
