Picazo Vineyards Napa
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We produce dark, serious Merlot from our small estate vineyard in the Livermore Valley, one of California's most historic and picturesque wine regions. It's offered proof that our benchland site overlooking the valley was capable of producing distinctive and exceptional wine.
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You may induldge in PICAZO by private appointment at our vineyard site in Livermore, or come to the cave in Napa, where we produce our wines, for a private tour, barrel and vintage tasting.
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Cabernet Sauvignon
In 2007, we found a vineyard in the Coombsville hillside of Napa, that produces small-berried Cab from four different clones. Harvesting at ripeness in late October, we barrel ferment the grapes in order to marry the flavor components of the barrel with the complex flavors of the fruit. We will release our augural 2007 Cabernet in 2010.
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Estate Merlot
The PICAZO estate Merlot vineyard enjoys this cooler clime, about 200 feet above the floor of the Livermore Valley and about 600 feet above sea level. Thanks to moderate afternoon temperatures and cooling breezes, the grapes take a long-enough time to ripen ensuring full flavor and sugar development as well as soft, mature skin and seed tannins. Perfect climate and gravelly loam soils make these ten-year-old vines superb producers of Merlot at its finest – smooth and subtle, yet fruit-packed and full-bodied, enabling the Picazo family to keep its commitment to making truly outstanding Merlot.
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