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DIAMOND CREEK
Situated on a geological and topographical marvel, Diamond Creek Vineyards became California's first exclusive Estate Cabernet Sauvignon winery when Al Brounstein first started clearing the 79-acre site in 1968. The maiden vintage was 1972 and the wines have remained true to his original intention of crafting the quintessential Cabernet.
Gravelly Meadow
The 5-acre Gravelly Meadow Vineyard is the estate's second coolest microclimate, and typically its lowest yielding. Its situation on a prehistoric river bed gives the soil a stony, gravelly nature allowing it to drain rapidly, leaving the vines struggling for moisture. They tend to be the most elegant of Diamond Creek's portfolio with earthy, sage and blackberry notes and often very Graves like.
Red Rock Terrace
Red Rock Terrace hails from red tinted soil, resulting from high iron content. The 7-acre vineyard faces north with a warm microclimate and tends to be the most accessible and earliest drinking of all of Diamond Creek's wines.
Volcanic Hill
Volcanic Hill, the largest vineyard at 8 acres, faces most southerly. The eruption of Mt. Konocti 8 million years ago left behind a pale, gray, volcanic soil and imparts a distinctive terroir on the wines. Volcanic Hill is often the longest lived of Diamond Creek's Cabernets and are full-bodied wines with intense cassis fruit and long yet firm tannins.
Diamond Creek, Volcanic Hill, Cabernet Sauvignon--Vintage 1986
Napa Valley
Level: into neck; lightly oxidized and nicked capsule, lightly bin soiled label
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Situated on a geological and topographical marvel, Diamond Creek Vineyards became California's first exclusive Estate Cabernet Sauvignon winery when Al Brounstein first started clearing the 79-acre site in 1968. The maiden vintage was 1972 and the wines have remained true to his original intention of crafting the quintessential Cabernet.
Gravelly Meadow
The 5-acre Gravelly Meadow Vineyard is the estate's second coolest microclimate, and typically its lowest yielding. Its situation on a prehistoric river bed gives the soil a stony, gravelly nature allowing it to drain rapidly, leaving the vines struggling for moisture. They tend to be the most elegant of Diamond Creek's portfolio with earthy, sage and blackberry notes and often very Graves like.
Red Rock Terrace
Red Rock Terrace hails from red tinted soil, resulting from high iron content. The 7-acre vineyard faces north with a warm microclimate and tends to be the most accessible and earliest drinking of all of Diamond Creek's wines.
Volcanic Hill
Volcanic Hill, the largest vineyard at 8 acres, faces most southerly. The eruption of Mt. Konocti 8 million years ago left behind a pale, gray, volcanic soil and imparts a distinctive terroir on the wines. Volcanic Hill is often the longest lived of Diamond Creek's Cabernets and are full-bodied wines with intense cassis fruit and long yet firm tannins.
Diamond Creek, Volcanic Hill, Cabernet Sauvignon--Vintage 1986
Napa Valley
Level: into neck; lightly oxidized and nicked capsule, lightly bin soiled label
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