2022 Maître de Chai Stampede Vineyard, Zinfandel, Clements Hills, California, USAABOUT THIS WINE In 1942, the first Clements Stampede and Horseshow was held. It was a purely non professional round up and it drew a crowd of 1,500. Right next door to this old rodeo grounds is the Stampede Vineyard. Planted in the 1940s, the Stampede Vineyard is an own rooted Zinfandel planting in the toe hills of the Sierra Nevada mountains within Lodis Clements Hills AVA. With soils composed of decomposed granite, the Stampede Vineyard lies on a

Daphne declassifies a few barrels that would otherwise have been headed for the Priorat

the most historical winery in Barolo

An extreme Continental climate

Neil owns vineyards and sources grapes from the regions of Stellenbosch and Jonkershoek Valley to produce the well balanced and easy to drink wines under The Left Bank label

making and bottling the wine for themselves

Avize and Le Mesnil-sur-Oger

The site’s typically warm days and cool nights allow for complete fruit ripening while maintaining essential acid balance

It is our passion to always provide our clientele with exquisite balance in flavor

Produced from unique vineyards

placing importance on quality fruit with a minimalistic wine making approach

A few years later Fabio was hired as cellar man in the same company

but on the side he also planted 24 acres of vineyards to keep up the family tradition (now 28 acres total)