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2006 CABERNET SAUVIGNON
STAGS LEAP DISTRICT

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496 cases
98% Cabernet Sauvignon
2% Merlot
Single Hillside Vineyard Estate Grown
Barrel aged 25 months in French Oak
Tim Dolven
13.8% by volume

This is a rich full bodied, well balanced wine with flavors of cassis, blackberries and cherries. Those combine nicely with the barrel influenced flavors of spices, cream and vanilla. Robust but well integrated tannins emerge to create a wonderful drawn out finish.

 


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2006 CABERNET SAUVIGNON
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STAGS LEAP DISTRICT



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170 cases
ALL NUMBERED BOTTLES
100% Cabernet Sauvignon
Single Hillside Vineyard Estate Grown
Barrel aged 19 months in French oak and 6 months in NEW French oak
Tim Dolven
13.8% by volume

This is a smooth, rich, wonderfully well balanced wine. The focus is on the fruit components of cherries and blackberries, there are layers of other flavors that include the creamy oak with hints of tobacco leaf, coriander and sage. There are fine dusty tannins incorporated to provide a long satisfying finish. This wine is 100% Cabernet Sauvignon created from an individual barrel selection of our favorite vineyard blocks.

 


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2006 MERLOT
STAGS LEAP DISTRICT

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210 cases
100% Merlot
Single Hillside Vineyard Estate Grown
Barrel aged 25 months in French oak
Tim Dolven
14.8% by volume

This is a rich full bodied wine with great weight and textures from the start through the finish. Flavors of blueberries and cream mingle with darker notes of spices and cedar.

 


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2006 CABERNET FRANC
STAGS LEAP DISTRICT



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90 cases
100% Cabernet Franc
Single Hillside Vineyard Estate Grown
Barrel aged 25 months in French Oak
Tim Dolven
14.6% by volume

This is an “in house” favorite! A rich, full bodied wine with a great sense of balance. The barrel influenced components of tobacco and cedar/oak show in the mouth and add a wonderful addition to the core fruit flavors of strawberry, blueberry and blackberries. The tannins from both the fruit and the barrels are big but well integrated to provide a smooth, rich lingering finish.

 


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2006 MALBEC
STAGS LEAP DISTRICT

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30 cases
99% Malbec
1% Merlot
Single Hillside Vineyard Estate Grown
Barrel aged 25 months in French Oak
Tim Dolven
13.9% by volume

This is a rich full bodied wine with a wonderful mouthfeel and sense of balance. Flavors of blueberries are combined with those of sage and a nice oak component. The tannins from both the fruit and the barrels are well integrated to provide a smooth, rich lingering finish. This wine is primarily malbec with a little bit of merlot incorporated into the blend for added richness.


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2006 GREAT LEGS CABERNET SAUVIGNON
COOMBSVILLE VINEYARD



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373 cases
75% Cabernet Sauvignon
25% Merlot, Cabernet Franc
Single Coombsville Vineyard
Barrel aged 25 months in French Oak
Tim Dolven
14.8% by volume

This is a beautiful medium to full bodied wine that has a nice balance of dark rich fruit flavors combined with those of cedar, vanilla cream and spices. There are rich tannins to provide a lingering finish.

 


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2006 GREAT LEGS SYRAH
COOMBSVILLE VINEYARD

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132 cases
100% Syrah
Single Coombsville Vineyard
Barrel aged 25 months in French Oak
Tim Dolven
14.8% by volume

This wonderful medium weight wine has flavors of ripe berries combined with cedar, vanilla cream and dried spices. Has lingering well integrated tannins providing a nice finish.


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2005 CABERNET SAUVIGNON
STAGS LEAP DISTRICT

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Limited Quantity Available
98% Cabernet Sauvignon
2% Merlot
Single Hillside Vineyard Estate Grown
Barrel aged 24 months in French Oak
Tim Dolven
14.4% by volume

This is a dark, rich, well balanced wine that shows wonderful complexity in the glass. The cherry and blueberry fruit and cola notes that are apparent in the nose show in the flavors as well. There are nice spice and cedar notes through the middle palate and are nice, well integrated, dusty tannins that help provide a long rewarding finish.


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2005 CABERNET SAUVIGNON
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STAGS LEAP DISTRICT



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Limied Quantity Available
ALL NUMBERED BOTTLES
100% Cabernet Sauvignon
Single Hillside Vineyard Estate Grown
Barrel aged 24 months in French Oak
Tim Dolven
14.4% by volume

This wine is a blend from several small parcels located in our estate vineyards here in the heart of the famed Stag Leap District within the Napa Valley. This Cabernet Sauvignon, the 2005 vintage, shows the wonderful balance that was achieved with the vintage. We were able to harvest at optimal ripeness with great flavors in the fruit. Each of the individual parcels were fermented separately in small one-ton stainless steel tanks. Fermentation temperatures were kept in the mid 80's to maintain as much of the fruit characteristics of the wine while still maximizing the extraction of color and flavors. Once fermentation was complete the tanks were drained and the skins were pressed out. The resulting wines were placed into small French Oak barrels where it has aged gracefully for the past 20 months. Each of the lots were kept separate through the aging process. As bottling approached we selected only our favorite barrels from our favorite Cabernet lots from which to make this reserve blend. The wines were then racked, and the final blend was assembled. The wine was filtered and bottled with no additional fining. This wine is very approachable right now and will continue to develop wonderfully for the next three to ten years. We hope you enjoy drinking the wine as much as we have enjoyed making it!


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2005 GREAT LEGS RED WINE
COOMBSVILLE VINEYARD

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47% Cabernet Sauvignon
28% Merlot
25% Cabernet Franc
Single vineyard Coombsville area
Barrel aged 24 months in French Oak and American Oak
Tim Dolven
14.4% by volume

The grapes for this Bordeaux style blend come from the Robinson Family Vineyards located in southern Napa. Being in the cooler, southeast end of the valley means that the harvest of this fruit occurs several weeks later than up valley fruit. The cooler temperatures also help provide the true fruit characteristics of this wine. Each of the vineyard blocks used were sampled and harvested separately to maximize fruit ripeness. Once in the winery each block was individually fermented in small stainless steel tanks. Fermentation temperatures were kept in the mid eighties to help maximize the fruit in the finished wine. Color is deep garnet red to purple, almost black. A mouth filling wine showing flavors of cola with minerals and spices. Layered with blueberries and plums, there is a rich current of vanilla and creamy notes, all with a well balanced acidity. There are soft, well integrated tannins on the finish.

 


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Robinson Wines

 

Robinson Family Vineyards
5880 Silverado Trail
Napa, California 94558

Telephone Direct: 707/ 944-8004
Telephone Cellular: 707/ 732-8177
FAX: 707/ 258-2501

susie@robinsonfamilyvineyards.com