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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Didier Desvignes Morgon Les Charmes 2006

Chateau Didier Desvignes

Grape variety: Gamay Noir à Jus Blanc.

Origin: Les Charmes named vineyard.

Colour: Red.

Soil: Crumbly, decomposed rock that is mainly made up of pyritic schist that is rich in iron oxides and manganese.

The vines: Goblet pruning with 3 to 5 fruit canes with 2 eyes. The soil is removed from around the trunk in autumn; worked in winter and shallow scraped in the spring.

Vinification: After manual harvesting and selective sorting of the whole bunches, these are vinified traditionally. Temperature is controlled; the cap is pushed under the juice using a grid. Carbonic maceration lasts 8 to 10 days.

Maturing: In stainless steel and cement vats. Clarification and filtering is carried out using the most natural and traditional procedures possible. The grapes from each plot of vines are vinified separately to obtain the best possible balance between the structure and finesse given by the terroirs.

Characteristics: Crimson robe, the aromas of a basket of red fruit backed up with tight, elegant tannins.

Keeping time: 5 to 8 years.

Food Pairings: Marinated meat, game, strong cheese.

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