Hartford Family Winery HARTFORD COURT SEVEN'S BENCH VINEYARD Pinot Noir Carneros California
Where it's from:
USA, California, Carneros
Price per case:
£189.72
Bottles per case:
6 x 75 cl
Style:
Soft & Supple Reds
Description:
Hartford Family Winery was founded in 1993 as a result of Don and Jennifer Hartford's appreciation for the wines, the people and the unique vineyards near their Russian River Valley home. Located in the Sonoma County town of Forestville, the winery is about 15 miles from the cool Pacific coast. Sevens Bench Vineyard is a small vineyard block on Duhig Road in Napa/Carneros. The name Sevens Bench is derived from the two predominate clones, Dijon 667 and Dijon 777, planted at the vineyard. These Dijon clones produce a wine with intense fruit aromas, an expansive mid-palate, and fine-grained tannins. Aromas of raspberries and sandalwood converge with exotic east-asian spices and earth elements to produce an amazingly complex wine. Wonderfully lush in the mouth with pomegranate, black cherry and spice flavours, framed by sweet, generous tannins, it has astounding concentration and depth. (6 x 75 cl)
Region:
USA, California, Carneros
Producer:
Jackson Wine Estates
Product ID:
49241
Hartford Family Winery HARTFORDCOURT SEASCAPE VINEYARD Pinot Noir Sonoma Coast California
Description: Hartford Family Winery was founded in 1993 as a result of Don and Jennifer Hartford's appreciation for the wines, the people and the unique vineyards near their Russian River Valley home. Located in the Sonoma County town of Forestville, the winery is about 15 miles from the cool Pacific Coast. The fruit for the Sonoma Coast Pinot Noir is composed of exceptional, small block Pinot Noir vineyards located in the Sonoma Coast. Estate vineyards are the primary sources for this cepage, which is comprised of selected blocks from our Ross Road Vineyard , our Seascape and Annapolis Vineyards and a handful of growers within the Russian River Valley. Centuries old winemaking traditions from Burgundy are combined with twenty-first century technology to produce this juicy and delicious Pinot Noir. Hand harvesting in the cool of the morning, followed by meticulous hand sorting is a pre-requisite before de-stemming directly into open-top fermentors. Individual Pinot Noir batches are held at 50 degrees Fahrenheit for five to seven days before the grapes begin to ferment. During this cold soak, and throughout fermentation, the grapes are gently punched down by hand, to aid in the extraction of color and flavor while minimizing the extraction of hard or ‘unripe’ tannins from the seeds or stems. The wine is aged on fine sediment in small French oak barrels for 11 months and is racked once before bottling. Great care from the vineyard to the winery has produced a Pinot Noir showing aromas of rose petals, cherries, orange pekoe tea, lavender and smoke that are followed by flavours of ripe, red cherries, roasted plums, cinnamon, chocolate, anise and allspice. The complex aromas and dense, sweet mouthfeel are supported by centered acidity and fine grain tannins.
Hartford Family Winery HARTFORDCOURT THREE JACKS VINEYARD Chardonnay Russian River Valley
Description: Hartford Family Winery was founded in 1993 as a result of Don and Jennifer Hartford's appreciation for the wines, the people and the unique vineyards near their Russian River Valley home. Located in the Sonoma County town of Forestville, the winery is about 15 miles from the cool Pacific coast. Three Jacks Vineyard is a small seven-acre property jointly owned by Joe and Steve Dutton. The Duttons refer to the vineyard as Triple J-S vineyard. We began writing JJJ’s on each barrel, and soon the winery workers began calling the wine Three Jacks, and the name stuck. The vineyard is planted with four very distinctive Chardonnay clonal selections: the Raffo and Rued Chardonnay field selections, Dijon Clone 96 and UC Davis Clone 15. Each clone is picked and fermented separately and only the best barrels from each lot are blended to make the final bottling. This cool vineyard site in the Green Valley sub-appellation of the Russian River Valley produces Chardonnay with remarkable personality. Old Wente and Dijon Clones greatly inspire the wine’s floral bouquet and flamboyant fruit qualities. Aromas of Meyer lemon, spiced apple and candied ginger give way to a crushed stone and mineral laden finish. (12 x 75 cl) Price: £291.84
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Hartford Family Winery HARTFORDCOURT LANDS EDGE VINEYARD Pinot Noir Sonoma Coast California
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Hartford Family Winery HARTFORD Chardonnay Sonoma Coast California
Description: Hartford Family Winery was founded in 1993 as a result of Don and Jennifer Hartford's appreciation for the wines, the people and the unique vineyards near their Russian River Valley home. Located in the Sonoma County town of Forestville, the winery is about 15 miles from the cool Pacific Coast. The grapes are harvested by hand early in the morning and clusters are hand sorted before a gentle pressing. The juice is fermented in small, French oak barrels, for 10 months, utilising the native yeasts present on the skins of the grapes at harvest. Allowing the indigenous yeast to ferment the Chardonnay juice helps us to craft wines with enormous complexity while retaining more character from each vineyard site. The Sonoma Coast Chardonnay presents perfumed aromas of vanilla, jasmine flower and crisp green apples complemented by fresh pineapple, kiwi, peach and Pippin apple flavours. A supple and complex fruit dominated mid-palate is enhanced by this wine’s fine texture and subtle minerality on the finish. (12 x 75 cl) Price: £208.59
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Hartford Family Winery HARTFORD Zinfandel Russian River Valley California
Description: Hartford Family Winery was founded in 1993 as a result of Don and Jennifer Hartford's appreciation for the wines, the people and the unique vineyards near their Russian River Valley home. Located in the Sonoma County town of Forestville, the winery is about 15 miles from the cool Pacific Coast. The fruit for the Russian River Valley Zinfandel is a blend of old-vine, dry farmed and low yielding Zinfandel vineyards predominately from the Russian River Valley. These old vineyards offer an impressive articulation of this idiosyncratic varietal. Zinfandel grown in the Russian River Valley is distinctive due to this region’s cool maritime influence. Bright, natural acidity and vibrant fruit aromas and flavours are a result of typically cool fog-laden nights and warm days. These dry-farmed vineyards planted on low-fertility soils consistantly produce wines of exceptional density, and legendary extract. This old-vine Zinfandel provides alluring aromas of blackberry, sweet pipe tobacco, black pepper and anise complemented by flavours reminiscent of fresh baked blackberry pie with allspice, anise and caramel notes on the finish. Stunningly rich and concentrated, this Russian River Valley Zinfandel has incredible definition of fruit and sweet luscious tannins. To preserve the exotic spice and sweet berry flavours, this wine was neither fined nor filtered. (12 x 75 cl) Price: £261.63
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Chateau Court Les Muts Vendange Tardives Saussignac
Description: Pierre Sadoux make his Saussignac from an assemblage of Semillon, Sauvignon, Muscadelle, Ondec and Chenin Blanc. It is a rich, full wine whose aroma of acacia, peach and honeysuckle develops over time into a generous, complex bouquet. The harvest of partially raisined, or dried and shriveled, grapes gives this wine its sweetness. (6 x 75 cl) Price: £120.47
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Chateau Court-les-Muts Cotes de Bergerac
Description: This wine cannot conceal the fact that it was matured in oak. The colour is dark and very rich, aromas of red pepper and blackcurrants buds. The well-filled palate reveals a lot of fruit, but also a considerable amount of good tannin. (6 x 75 cl) Price: £80.75
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Jackson Wine Estates CAMBRIA BENCH BREAK VINEYARD Chardonnay Santa Maria Valley California
Description: Cambria's proximity to the ocean and east-west orientation gives this 1,405-acre property the diversity it needs to grow Chardonnay, Pinot Noir and Syrah under perfectly suited conditions. As an estate property, Cambria's Vineyard Manager and Winemaker work in tandem to perfect the winegrowing process. Together, they select only the finest grapes from the estate to bear the Cambria name. Every grape is hand-harvested and crafted into wine with the utmost care and respect for the varietal. This 100% Estate grown Chardonnay has spent 10 months ageing in Damy French oak and Winemaker Fred Holloway considered: 'The Bench Break Vineyard Chardonnay is reminiscent of a classic Burgundy with lots of mineral and slate characteristics, layered with complex flavour. Extremely exciting with a lightly spiced, lingering finish.' In 1986 Barbara Banke and her husband, Jess Jackson, bought the premium acres of the Tepusquet Vineyard with the intent of establishing a family-owned estate property that farmed and crafted exceptional wines. Since then, her vision has become reality. Cambria has carved out a reputation for lush, tropical Chardonnay, velvety-textured Pinot Noir and rich, spicy Syrah, all grown on one contiguous property. In recent years Cambria has concentrated its vineyard and winemaking resources into amplifying different aspects of the Cambria estate. This effort launched an in-depth exploration of the vineyard and varieties on this cool-climate property. The result has elevated the quality of Cambria's core wines, created new site-focused and distinct winemaking styles, and dramatically highlighted the bold flavours of each variety. (12 x 75 cl) Price: £178.43
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Linton Park CAPELL'S COURT Shiraz Wellington Paarl RSA
Description: Indy-dark in colour, dense and concentrated with a potent core of currant, black plums, nuts and juicy summer fruits stacked up, finishing with a sweeter, spicy edge and soft but plush tannins. It all comes together nicely on the harmonious finish. The second range from Linton Park, the best grapes remaining from the harvest are bottled under the Capell's Court label. (12 x 75 cl) Price: £99.72
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Linton Park CAPELL'S COURT Sauvignon Blanc Paarl RSA
Description: The second range from Linton Park, the best grapes remaining from the harvest are bottled under the Capell's Court label. Tasting Notes The ripe supple fruit with a complex bouquet of green apple, pear, grass and hints of tropical fruit, The mouth feel has a lovely ripeness about it, with green pepper notes gliding gently through to the finish. Suitable for everyday drinking and perfect as an aperitif. Maturation and Vinification The Sauvignon grapes are hand harvested in February and immediately transferred to the winery for destalking, light crushing followed by fermentation in stainless steel tanks at controlled temperatures . (6 x 75 cl) Price: £47.02
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Linton Park CAPELL'S COURT Chardonnay Paarl RSA
Description: The second range from Linton Park, the best grapes remaining from the harvest are bottled under the Capell's Court label. Tasting Notes The unwooded Chardonnay is a truly charming wine. Clean, crisp and very drinkable. Rich and full, ripe fruit with well focused pear, fig and melon among the complex layers of flavour. Maturation and Vinification The Chardonnay grapes are hand harvested in February from 13 year old vines in the Wellington area. The grapes are immediately transferred to the winery for destalking and light crushing. They are then fermented at controlled temperatures in stainless steel tanks. The resulting wine is fined and cold stabilised at minus 4ºC. (6 x 75 cl) Price: £47.02
