Diamond Creek, "Volcanic Hill"

Interesting facts

Vineyard Volcanic Hill with an area of 3.2 hectares is located on the southern slope of the hill diamond and is one of the hottest vineyards. The soils here still contain the ashes once thrown up volcano of MT. The aging potential of the wine "volkenik hill" high above all the other wine farms and is over 20 years old. Along with Cabernet Sauvignon wine typically contains a small number of unusual grape varieties Petit Verdot, which many years ago was brought to California by the founder of the winery by al brounshteynom. Wine can be enjoyed at any time, but over time, it will further reveal their potential, and you will appreciate its incomparable power. Brownstein claimed that if you open this wine for over 100 years, and it won't be delicious enough, it will be ready to pay damages. A hundred years is a pretty good guarantee of quality. Collectors from all over the world love wine Brownstein, and it is believed even that they are in no way inferior to the great Bordeaux Chateau. Of particular importance, al was given the label. He believed that it is the name of the variety or region must be specified the name of the small piece of land single vineyard where it was grown one or another of Cabernet Sauvignon. All this was done in order to emphasize the obvious difference between the yields of the terroir Volcanic Hill, Red Rock Terrace and Gravelly Meadow. Diamond Creek was founded by al Braunstein in 1968. Three vineyards — Volcanic Hill, Red Rock Terrace and Gravelly Meadow — produced grapes, from which wine has an understated elegance, great depth and balance. The vineyards are located on Diamond mountain (which translated to English means "diamond") in the NAPA valley in California. Al Brounstein worked as a salesman of pharmaceutical products in Los Angeles. There he met Dick foster, who was the husbandman of the Vineyard Ridge. El helped him with the vineyards and learned from him. Then he realized that his life's work is the production of wines. In 1966 he bought two vines with the Bordeaux vineyard in the class CRU and personally carried them through Mexico. Winemaking ELA has led to the fact that in California there arose a cult Cabernet, and he became one of the most respected winemakers. Despite the fact that he suffered from Parkinson's disease, al Brounstein more than 20 years remained the main ideologist of winemaking in NAPA Valley.

Tasting Characteristics

The wine has an intense ruby red color.
Wine has aroma of ripe berries with hints of black currant, violets and smoke.
Powerful, energetic taste of wine offers ripe fruit notes with hints of black currant and BlackBerry, joined by tones of tobacco, incense, violets, licorice and smoke. Different long rich finish.
The wine is beautiful in itself, but also goes well with meat dishes, game and cheese.

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