Bill Cates and Jeffery Fink

Tantara Winery

Friends for over twenty years, Jeffrey Fink, an architect and Bill Cates, were both orignally from Virginia. They converged in California on a mission: to transform noble fruit into world class wine and have a good time doing it.

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Chateau Saint Eulalie Minervois 2005

Chateau Saint Eulalie

Area: 34HA

Situation: The hillside of La Livinière

Terroir: Pebbled top soil, with a high percentage of clay and limestone, rich in manganese. Exceptional “terroir” due to the nature of its soils and its exposure (terraced vineyard at 200m in altitude, facing south and sheltered from northwinds).

Grape varieties:
15% Syrah
45% Grenache
40% Carignan

Vinification: Harvested by hand with and a part mechanical, alcoholic fermen-tation with vatting of 15 to 20 days, maturing in tank for 15 to 18 months.

Tasting Notes
Cherry-red color. Powerful and fruity nose, with red fruits (fig, blackberry, black-currant), spices (thyme) and flowers. Rouded and fruity attack, elegant and fine tannins wich make an elegant wine. Serve with grilled red meat or in sauce, pastas, salads, cheese. 

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