ナパバレー。
お買い物（食料品）途中でワインのテイスティングができます♡
場所はWhole Foods Napaで、お店の中にちゃんとワインバーがある！
なんと２㌦（＋税金）なんですよ、奥様！
毎週違うワイナリーのワインのテイスティングができて、今回はWhitehall Laneのワインでした。
（来週も絶対にいっている気がする）
ハワイに住む私の友達はここのワインのファンで、いつも常備してました。
今回テイスティングしたのは以下の３つ。メルローはあまり飲まないんですが、う〜ん、なかなか良かったかも。
余談ですが、ビールファンの皆様もビールの日があります！
ナパでお買い物のついでにどうぞ。（隣に座っている人たちと会話が弾みます）
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2010 Sauvignon Blanc, Napa Valley
Blend
91% Sauvignon Blanc
9% Semillon
The Vintage
2010 presented the Napa Valley's coolest growing season in recent memory. The extended growing season was excellent for the crisp flavor development in our Sauvignon Blanc grapes. The grapes ripened to perfection in mid-September about three weeks behind a normal year. With this cool growing season, the fruit displays pleasing crispness and ripe flavors.
Winemaking
This 2010 wine follows Whitehall Lane's style of a fruit forward and crisp Sauvignon Blanc. 70% of the fruit was fermented in temperature controlled stainless steel tanks and 30% in new French oak barrels. The barrel fermented portion was aged for only seven weeks. Utilizing both tank and barrels for fermenting accentuates the crisp fruit flavors and layers of complexity. 9% Semillon was blended in for enhanced flavors and mouth-feel.
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2007 Napa Valley Merlot, 750ml2007 Napa Valley Merlot - 90 Points, Wine Spectator
Price: $28.00
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2007 Cabernet Sauvignon, Napa Valley
Blend
86% Cabernet Sauvignon
8% Merlot
4% Malbec
2% Petit Verdot
Production
10,475 cases
The Vintage
The growing season in 2007 was picture perfect in Napa Valley. The dry, warm spring weather was a great beginning to the year. With an excellent fruit set, mild summer weather and no extreme temperature spikes, the fruit developed in ideal conditions. The weather began heating up in August, raising the sugar levels. September and October proved to be mild, giving the fruit additional time to ripen under the California sky. The grapes were harvested at the end of September through the month of October as the flavors in each vineyard block matured to perfection.
