1 Bottle each:

• Storybook Mountain Vineyards, 2013 Estate Reserve, Napa Valley


• Storybook Mountain Vineyards, 2003 Estate Reserve, Napa Valley

Wine critic Robert Parker has described our Storybook Mountain estate as One of the steepest, most picturesque vineyards in California. Located at the top of Napa Valley four miles north of Calistoga and just a quarter-mile from the Sonoma County border, their estate vineyard reaches elevations approaching 2,000 feet on an eastern slope of the Mayacamas Mountain Range, creating an ideal eastern exposure characterizing many of the worlds most acclaimed vineyards. The vineyard is divided into over 100 separate micro-blocks based on grape variety, sun exposure, rootstock and clone. Open to the morning sun, the vines easily ripen their fruit, yet their oblique angle to the hot afternoon sun tempers the heat spikes and heat accumulation that can bake grapes, leading to overripe flavors. Furthermore, the Russian River to the west funnels cooling afternoon breezes to our vineyard, resulting in temperatures often ten degrees cooler than in the valley below.