| 20908 Roscoe Boulevard |
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Canoga Park, CA 91304 |
| (818) 341-1234 |
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FAX: (818) 341-9232 |
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| Friday, 03 February 2012
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All of the wineries presented in "Hot Off the Vine" are featured at the Duke of Bourbon.
Please call the store for wine availability and pricing • 818-341-1234 or Outside California 800-4-FINE-WINE
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"Chardonnay All-Star"
Wine Spectator
"First growth, AAA rating"
"Great flavor, intensity power and personality"
James Laube, California's Great Chardonnays
"Outstanding producer"
Robert Parker, The Wine Advocate
"One of America's great Pinot Noir producers"
Wine Enthusiast
"One of the California's greatest Chardonnays"
Matt Kramer, Wine Spectator
"One of the most influential producers in California's winemaking history"
Howard Goldberg, New York Times
Those who venture up the Tad narrow, winding road that rises from one of Sonoma's more quiet neighborhoods pass through a meadow of grazing cows, dense stands of manzanitas and madrones to find the exquisite paradise that is Hanzell Vineyards.
Sitting 800 feet above the Sonoma Valley floor, Hanzell's artfully terraced vineyards and Clos de Vougeot-inspired winery of redwood and local stone are the proud result of the dream of J.D. Zellerbach, who had acquired a passion for the wines of Burgundy while serving as ambassador to Italy under Eisenhower. Convinced that California was capable of producing wines that could rival those of France, Zellerbach planted 14 acres of Chardonnay and Pinot Noir vines on south-facing hillside slopes in 1953 and 1957. Today, Hanzell's vineyards have increased to 32 acres which produce just 3,000 cases of hand-crafted wines.
Often credited with changing the course of modern winemaking, Zellerbach designed the first stainless-steel fermentation tanks to be used in conjunction with small, traditional French oak barrels. Since 1973, the winery has been under the dedicated and meticulous stewardship of Winemaker and Manager Bob Sessions.
Realizing Zellerbach's dream of making renowned burgundian style wines in California, Sessions enhances the distinctive quality of Hanzell Vineyards' low-yield, estate-grown fruit with the judicious use of French oak barrels and malolactic fermentation. The resulting wines have Hanzell's trademark grace and intensity that set them in a class by themselves.
As in the 60's, when J.D. Zellerbach's revolutionary fusion of technology and tradition heralded the start of California's boutique wine era, Hanzell Vineyards wines continue to improve, astonish and inspire the quest for excellence in California winemaking.
18596 Lomita Avenue, Sonoma, California 95476
(707) 996-3860 • Fax (707) 996-3862
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