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Suisun Valley Wine



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Ledgewood Creek Winery - 2004 Rhone Blend - GOLD MEDAL WINNER - Suisun Valley - Two Bottles

Item Number
1018
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22 USD to uchwki7
Number of Bids
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Item Description

Support your local wineries!!! Suisun Valley - One of the oldest appellations in the country. UCDavis says better soil and weather than Napa.

Suisun Valley Appellation

Ledgewood Creek Winery & Vineyards

2004 Picnique Rhone Blend - Gold Medal Winner

A delicious blend of three varietals originally from the Rhone River Valley in the south of France. Mouverdre, Grenache and Syrah. Serve with Mediterranean foods, roast chicken and lamb.

  

 
Winemaker Comments

The 2004 Picnique Rhone Blend of Ledgewood Creek Winery offers a full flavored, bold wine with fruit forward intensity and juicy, lush flavors. The dark, dense color prefaces a rich bouquet of plum and dark berries with hints of licorice and spice. The full-bodied, mouth-filling texture of the wine is beautifully balanced for a noteworthy long, lingering finish. The wine is a wonderful choice to accompany lamb and full flavored dishes and an outstanding complement to a rich blue cheese.

Vintage Comments


The 2004 vintage year was hallmarked by an unusual period of dry, hot weather near the end of the growing season. This warm weather allowed the Rhone varietal grapes grown in our own vineyards to achieve full ripeness, and dictated the highly ripened style of this wine. In order to add intensity of flavors to the grapes, the vines were thinned of over productive fruit throughout the growing season.

Grapes: 16% Grenache, 21% Syrah & 63% Mourvedre -- Appellation: Suisun Valley -- Harvest: September 2004 -- Fermentation: Fermented in stainless steel tanks -- Barrel Aging: Aged 12 months in 50% French and 50% American oak barrels -- Alcohol: 13.9%

Awards
 

Gold 2006 Orange County Fair Wine Competition
  Silver 2006 Grand Harvest Awards
  Bronze 2006 Monterey Wine Competition
  Bronze 2006 Jerry Mead's International Wine Competition
  Bronze 2006 San Diego Wine Competition

 

 

Item Special Note

Must be 21 years of age or older to bid!

Auction Winner will need to pick up the two bottles of Ledgewood Creek 2004 Rhone Blend at the Ledgewood Creek Tasting Room. Please call in advance. There you will enjoy free samples of Ledgewood Creek varietals and blends, served at the Wine Tasting Bar.

When you plan to come, bring a lunch and enjoy your purchase on the winery picnic grounds. Browse the gifts available and maybe take home a Ledgewood Creek souvenir.

 

History of Ledgewood Creek Winery

The winery's beginnings date back to 1985 when Dean and Bunny Frisbie bought a pear orchard in the little know Suisun Valley viticultural area. To honor the pioneering Peabody family and their long-standing farming history in the valley, they named the orchard Peabody Ranch. By 1989, vineyards had replaced the pear orchard and the original Peabody Ranch was soon incorporated into what is now Ledgewood Creek Winery & Vineyards.

With Ledgewood Creek running along the property's northern edge, the original Peabody Ranch vineyard proved so successful that the overall holdings few to include over 350 acres planted with grapes. In the fall of 2002, Ledgewood Creek Winery released its first wines from the 2001 harvest. The vineyards and winery remain family-owned and operated with patriarch Dean Frisbie as General Manager and son James sharing his time between wine sales and vineyard marketing.

The Frisbies' philosophy has always been, "If it is broken, fix it…and if it is not, how can we improve upon it?" Those who grow the grapes at Ledgewood Creek work tirelessly to find the vineyard's best expression of fruit quality and continued vine balance. This means constant fine tuning of canopy management, fertilization schedules, irrigation techniques, and crop tonnages. Fruit at Ledgewood Creek is harvested by hand - the red grapes by day, and the whites at night. Night harvesting, while costly and time consuming, has proven the best method to control the quality of the fruit harvested.

After the grapes are picked, consulting winemaker Larry Langbehn takes over and the magic begins. Carefully arranging his profile palate of flavors, aromas, acids, and tannins, Larry determines which lots are best for each label. With complete authority over barrel regime, he begins by using a selection of new and seasoned barrels. His flavor palate is ever-expanding with new aromas, textures, acids, and tannin levels. With all of these elements before him, he can then perform blending to produce the perfectly balanced wines that are Ledgewood Creek.


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