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" Terroir : Clay and sandy-flinty soil

Vinification: As with the Sec, the harvest is carried out during the coolness of morning. The grapes are then directly pressed and the must is transferred into old double barrels (450 Liters) in the cellar, where it ferments slowly at a cold temperature. The wine rests on its lees for eleven months.

Food matching: Les Fondraux is semi-sweet: it always has some residual sugar, wich gives concentration and fullness to the palate. White…

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Clay - accompanying oil cloth would often be clay. This was a magical combination. We lived in the desert and only saw clay when we dug down 10-12 inches and then it would be so much sand mixed in with it. But the modeling clay was all earth, all muddy and slimy and smelling like a dirt path in the forest after a good rain. It would later remind me of wines from Abruzzo, especially Montepulciano. Or Negroamaro from nearby Apulia. Wonderful earthy, almost sweet in its quality, a lovely memory …

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…Martha Reed of Lewisburg, Penn. His children are Judy Stewart of Clay, N.Y., Jan Lounsberry of Penn Yan; Hal Rice of Troy, Ill., Howie Rice of Wausau, Wis., and Pahl Rice of Jewett City, Conn.

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Clay and Lindsay

The only wines we entered into competition this year were the 2010 Cabernet Franc and the 2010 Cabernet Sauvignon. Both medalled at the American Wine Society Competition in November in Portland Oregon. The Cabernet Sauvignon was awarded an "Award of Merit" by the invitational only competition, the Jefferson cup.

From a fan: "the 2010 Cabernet Sauvignon is quite possibly the best wine I have ever had. Yours is the only wine we get that …

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Clay is a cool guy, and as it turns out, his father was the vineyard manager for famed San Francisco confectioner Harry See. Clay helped his father during his teen years and learned a great deal about wine. After college, he ultimately became winemaker at Zaca Mesa winery and took the position with Wild Horse in 2008. Winemaker Chrissy Whittmann assists him in his tasks.

These are the wines they make:

Wild Horse Collection

Each vintage, the winery produce five exceptional …

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In a small Western town tucked between a mountain range and a pristine forest, citizens are disappearing. First it was the owner of the local gas station. Then two buddies who went out into the woods looking for him. When teenage Cassie and her brother, Clay, return to town in search of their estranged father, nothing seems right: The sheriff's more worried about her land deal than the mystery, Cassie's only co-worker is a narcoleptic, and there's a ghost in Clay's bedroom. …

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Mission Codename : The Red Clay of Lombardy

Operative : Agent White

Objective : Secure an exclusive allocation of a rare Italian white for our operatives.

Mission Status : Accomplished!

Current Winery : Frecciarossa

Wine Subject : 2010 Sillery Otrepo Pavese Pinot Nero White

Winemaker :

Backgrounder : The Otrepo Pavese in Italy's Lombardy region, represents over 40 communes south of the Po River . Many of the vineyards and wineries …

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Mission Codename : The Red Clay of Lombardy

Operative : Agent White

Objective : Secure an exclusive allocation of a rare Italian white for our operatives.

Mission Status : Accomplished!

Current Winery : Frecciarossa

Wine Subject : 2010 Sillery Otrepo Pavese Pinot Nero White

Winemaker :

Backgrounder : The Otrepo Pavese in Italy's Lombardy region, represents over 40 communes south of the Po River . Many of the vineyards and wineries …

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…Bunt-Sandstein); Limestone ( Muschelkalk); and Chalky Clay ( Keuper) I had no idea Mork was visiting - the famous concrete egg that winemaker Tom Glass loves to use My artsy moment - a view of the city thru the leaves of the vines Okay, one more. Amazing 2002 Montonia Spatburgunder: spicy, earthy and dark fruit noted. Silky smooth tannins ... this wine is peaking now. (****+) Two impressive dessert wines followed: this 2010 Randersackerer Pfulben Riesling Auslese ... off the …

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Soil type: Clay

Alcohol: 14.6%

Acidity: 5.66 g/l

Residual Sugar: 2.4 g/l

This wine strikes with its stately floral smell of roses and violets, mixed with delicate notes of plum and sour black cherry. The Monte Fiore bouquet is also characterized by a harmonious combination of light spicy flavors due to a short period of wood refining.

Even if Monte Fiore presents a complex taste, due to an enveloping structure and smooth gentle tannins, it suddenly offers a unique surprising …

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