MIKE JANUIK
Winemaker

Dreyfus, Ashby & Co.

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CABERNET SAUVIGNON | MERLOT | SYRAH

2004 Novelty Hill Cabernet Sauvignon Columbia Valley

Polished and well knit, offering blueberry, currant and dusky spice flavors, with a hint of roasted red pepper and a touch of licorice as the finish sails along beautifully. Drink now through 2014 - H.S. 6/15/07

Tasting Notes: This dark, full-bodied Cabernet is loaded with cassis, black fruit and spice from the first swirl of the glass, gaining dimension on the palate and persisting across a rich, polished finish. - Mike Januik, Winemaker

Vintage: The 2004 Columbia Valley growing season was marked by a hot summer and a cool September, followed by a warm October that finished ripening the grapes late in the season. While the late ripening was tricky for some vineyards carrying a larger-than-average crop load due to a January freeze, those vineyards (including ours) that dropped crop early in the season ripened grapes beautifully and the added hang time improved flavor development.

Vineyards: The Columbia Valley is a diverse growing region that provides a wide range of fruit expression by variety allowing the winemaker to craft rich, multi-layered wines by blending grapes from unique vineyards throughout the region. Vineyard sources that give this wine its richness and complexity include the winery’s estate vineyard Stillwater Creek and other well-known sites including Alder Ridge, Conner Lee and Seven Hills, among others.

Winemaking:

• Gentle pumpovers during fermentation helped extract generous color and flavor while producing supple tannins

• Gravity racked every three months to soften and clarify the wine

• Aged 20 months in predominately French oak barrels new; both new and one-year-old

Blend:

• 89% Cabernet Sauvignon
• 6% Merlot
• 4% Malbec
• 1% Petit Verdot

Case Production	3,220 cases
Alcohol	14.1%
pH	3.66
Total Acidity	0. 52g/100 ml

 

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2003 Cabernet Sauvignon, Columbia Valley

A richly aromatic wine with layers of ripe plum, red currant and sweet black fruit. This is a classic, full-bodied Cabernet with firm acidity and a long-lasting, concentrated finish.

Blend:

• 87% Cabernet Sauvignon

• 7% Malbec

• 4% Merlot

• 2% Cabernet Franc

Release Date: September 2005

Quantity Produced: 2,150 cases

Acclaim

91 pts. Wine Spectator Insider May 17, 2006

"Supple and generous, a plush mouthful of spicy cherry and current wrapped in refined tannins, which let the finish persist impressively."

89 pts. Wine Advocate April 24, 2006

"An extroverted wine, the cassis liqueur, spice, sage, and rosemary-scented 2003 Cabernet Sauvignon is fairly priced. Softly textured, medium-bodied, and boisterously fruity, this offering is jam-packed with herb-laced dark fruits as well as spices. Its edgeless, supple, long finish displays additional notes of sage-tinged dark berries."

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2003 Cabernet Sauvignon, Stillwater Creek Vineyard

This deeply aromatic wine is loaded with dark fruit and a lively mouthful of ripe blackberry, black plum, and exotic spice. Textured, rich and harmonious, with a generous finish.

Blend:

• 88% Cabernet Sauvignon

• 10% Malbec

• 2% Merlot
  

Release Date: November 2005

Quantity Produced: 194 cases

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2004 Merlot, Columbia Valley

Despite chunky tannins, this has a level of elegance that makes the raspberry and smoky chocolate flavors sing sweetly. Lingers nicely on the finish. Drink now through 2012. - H.S.

Tasting Notes; Black cherry and mocha aromas and flavors define this ripe, fruit-forward wine. Sweet tannins and a silky, lush mouth feel
linger on the rich finish. - Mike Januik, Winemaker

Vintage; The 2004 Columbia Valley growing season was marked by a hot summer and a cool September, followed by a warm October that finished ripening the grapes late in the season. While the late ripening was tricky for some vineyards carrying a largerthan- average crop load due to a January freeze, those vineyards including ours, that dropped crop early in the season ripened grapes beautifully and the added hang time improved flavor development.

Vineyards The Columbia Valley is a diverse growing region that provides a wide range of fruit expression by variety allowing the winemaker to craft rich, multi-layered wines by blending grapes from unique vineyards throughout the region. Vineyard sources that give this wine its richness and complexity include the winery’s estate vineyard Stillwater Creek and other wellknown sites including Alder Ridge, Conner Lee and Seven Hills, among others.

Winemaking

• A combination of punch downs and pumpovers were used to extract color and flavor during the early stages of fermentation

• Fermentation was finished in barrels to integrate the fruit and oak

• Gravity-racked to soften and clarify the wine

• Aged in both new and one-year-old oak barrels

Blend

• 90% Merlot

• 5% Cabernet Sauvignon

• 5% Petit Verdot

Case Production 2,617 cases - Alcohol 14.4% - pH 3.66 - Total Acidity 0. 53g/100 ml

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2003 Merlot, Columbia Valley

This is a lush, ripe wine with black cherry and raspberry aromas and flavors. A long, silky finish leaves an overall impression that is deliciously rich.

Blend:

• 85% Merlot

• 11% Cabernet Sauvignon

• 4% Cabernet Franc

Release Date: July 2005

Quantity Produced: 1,300 cases

Acclaim

89 pts. Wine Advocate April 24, 2006

"The black cherry-scented 2003 Merlot, sourced from the Stillwater Creek and Alder Ridge Vineyards, is a fruit-forward, plush wine filled with chocolate-laced dark cherries. A wonderful value, it reveals a long, soft, sweet tannin-filled finish."

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2003 Merlot, Stillwater Creek Vineyard

Dark and dense, this rich Merlot is loaded with mocha, currant and fresh berry aromas and flavors. Wrapped around a generous black cherry core, the finish is long and lush.

Blend:

• 85% Merlot

• 10% Cabernet Sauvignon

• 5% Cabernet Franc

Release Date: October 2005

Quantity Produced: 198 cases

Acclaim

92 pts. Wine Spectator Insider April 19, 2006

"Smooth, round and beautifully polished to show off the opulent blueberry, currant and plum flavors, adding hints of spice and floral notes on the nose as the flavors gather themselves up for the plush, open finish."
Best of Washington Washington CEO magazine February 2006

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2004 Novelty Hill Syrah Columbia Valley

Velvety and gentle on the palate, with currant and dark plum flavors that linger against hints of smoke and spice on the finish. Drink now through 2010. - H.S.

Tasting Notes: Bold and mouth-filling, this dense, earthy wine is loaded with spice and ripe, fruit-forward black cherry and plum aromas and flavors. Medium to full-bodied on the palate, the finish is long and lush. - Mike Januik, Winemaker

Vintage: The 2004 Columbia Valley growing season was marked by a hot summer and a cool September, followed by a warm October that finished ripening the grapes late in the season. While the late ripening was tricky for some vineyards carrying a larger-than-average crop load due to a January freeze, we managed our vineyards from the start of the season for balance, yielding fruit with mature flavors and rich character at harvest.

Vineyard: Our Columbia Valley Syrah relies heavily on grapes from Stillwater Creek, Novelty Hill’s estate vineyard located on a steep, south-facing grade on the Royal Slope of the Frenchman Hills. Syrah is planted in a section of the vineyard where the soil is mixed with large pieces of fractured basalt. More than one visitor here has noticed a remarkable similarity to the Rhone Valley, perhaps one reason why Syrah from this site is so outstanding.

Winemaking:

• Hand-picked and fermented in small lots
• Crush, de-stemmed, fermented and gently punched down 2-3 times a day to extract deep color and flavor without harsh tannins
• Aged in a combination of new and one-year-old French oak barrels for 18 months
• Gravity racked every 3 - 4 months

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2003 Syrah, Columbia Valley

Like the debut vintage of our Syrah in 2002, this wine is dense and fruit-forward. Ripe black fruit and warm, spicy aromas give way to a mouthful of dark cherries and plums. Balanced and well-structured, with a rich finish.

Blend: 100% Syrah

Release Date: Summer 2005

Quantity Produced: 756 cases

Acclaim

87 pts. Wine Advocate April 24, 2006

"The black fruit-scented 2003 Syrah, a fine value, is medium to full-bodied and offers big, bold black fruit flavors. This satin-textured effort is impressively endowed but appears unwilling to fully blossom on the palate. If this is corrected by short-term aging, my rating will seem overly conservative."

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2004 Syrah, Stillwater Creek Vineyard

Broad and generous, with nicely focused black cherry and mint flavors that ride over fine-grained tannins through the long finish. The appealing flavors stay with you. Best from 2008 through 2014. - H.S.

2003 Syrah, Stillwater Creek Vineyard

Glorious stuff, this refined but elegant Syrah offers black cherry, ripe berry and spicy plum aromas and flavors. Balanced and well-structured, the lengthy finish is jammy and rich.

Blend: 100% Syrah

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