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August 30, 2005
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L E T V I N T R U S T H E L P Y O U
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acquire it
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sommselections – the wine of elyse winery, napa valley
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2004
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Elyse
Winery Rose - Napa
Valley
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750ML
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$14
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SOMMscore 90
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2001
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Elyse
Winery Cabernet Sauvignon - Tietjan Vineyard - Napa Valley
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750ML
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$65
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SOMMscore 94
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2001
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Elyse
Winery Cabernet Sauvignon - Morisoli Vineyard - Napa Valley
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750ML
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$65
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SOMMscore 96
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2001
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Elyse
Winery Petite Sirah - Napa
Valley
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750ML
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$37
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SOMMscore 93
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2003
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Jacob
Franklin Petite Sirah - Hayne Vineyard - Napa Valley
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750ML
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$65
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SOMMscore 94
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2002
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Jacob
Franklin Petite Sirah - Howell Mountain - Napa Valley
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750ML
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$40
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SOMMscore 93
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TO ORDER:
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1.
REPLY TO THIS EMAIL, or
2. CALL US @ 1.877.VINTRUST (846.8787)
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The Vintrust
SOMMselections have been vetted by our team of Sommeliers: tasted, rated,
notated, and offered directly to you. Who better to advise us on which wines
to offer to our clients?
Ray Coursen was
working in restaurants on Cape Cod in 1983 and dreaming of making wine in California. He took
the plunge. With stints at Mount Eden Vineyards, Tonella Vineyard Management
and Whitehall Lane,
Ray learned to prune, trellis, train in the vineyards. He learned the art of
fermentation and aging in the winery. With this extensive knowledge and
experience, Ray started Elyse Winery in 1987, named after his daughter. His
first wine was 286 cases of Zinfandel from Napa Valley’s
famed Morisoli Vineyard, which continues to be a primary source of fruit for
Elyse Winery. In 1997, Ray purchased a small winery on Hoffman Lane to make the wines.
Not wanting to leave
his son, Jake, out of loop, he began a new label in 1988 named after him:
Jacob Franklin. Ray has always been fortunate to gain access to some
extremely limited, incredible Petite Sirah fruit from highly desirable
vineyards. But the fruit is hard to come by and it is very low in yield.
Consequently, the wines are very limited and they sell out quickly. These
wines are usually available only through the winery, but Vintrust is pleased
to be able to offer these astonishing wines.
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WINE DETAILS AND SOMMscores
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SOMMscores: Vintrust has put a new spin on the traditional 100-point
rating system. Rather than simply display the final number, as so many
publishers do, SOMMscores have been designed to provide transparency to each
wine review. Each SOMMscore isolates the five characteristics that often make
up a wine’s rating and prescribes a number of points for the related
descriptor, which add up to total score of 100 – Aroma (15 points), Flavor
(15 points), Structure (15 points), Length (15 points) and Balance (40
points). This is the criteria our Sommeliers use when reviewing wine. For a
list of our SOMMelier partners, please click
here.
Elyse
Winery
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AROMA
FLAVOR
STRUCTURE
LENGTH
BALANCE
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raspberry, strawberry, minerals
rhubarb, strawberry ice
crisp, high acid
pretty length of bright red fruit
delightful, refreshing
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13
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14
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37
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Made from a blend of grapes (Zinfandel,
Pinot Noir, Valdiguié, Barbera, Carígnane, Grenache, Syrah, Grand Noir, and
Alicante Bouchet, this is a delightful Rosé. A small portion of juice is
bled off (“saignee”) the chilled must. The juice is then allowed to ferment
naturally to dryness in older barrels. This Rosé is made in the style of
the wonderful rosés of Tavel and Livac.
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SOMMscore
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90
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DRINKABILITY
2005-2008
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Cabernet
Sauvignon - 'Tietjan Vineyard' , Napa
Valley
2001
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750ML $65
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AROMA
FLAVOR
STRUCTURE
LENGTH
BALANCE
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red fruit, cassis, smoke, vanilla
red & black currant, minerals
full-bodied, big tannins, bright fuit
complex, persistent, red fruit
rich, harmonious, youthful
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14
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38
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The Tietjen Vineyard is in the heart of the
Rutherford Bench. The Cabernet Sauvignon from this vineyard produces juice
that is deep in color with heavy fruit extracts. The wines it produces have
flavors of ripe cassis, cherry and wild berries. Wonderful intoxicating
aromas of sweet red fruits, and intense cassis notes intermingle with
smoke, dark earth and a hint of vanilla. Full-bodied and quite attractive
with a solid core of tannins, this lovely Cabernet is delicious now but
will continue to improve over the next decade and a half.
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SOMMscore
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94
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DRINKABILITY
2010-2022
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Cabernet
Sauvignon - 'Morisoli Vineyard', Napa
Valley
2001
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750ML $65
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AROMA
FLAVOR
STRUCTURE
LENGTH
BALANCE
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red berry, cherry, gravel, smoke
dense layers of cherry, mineral
full-bodied, fine tannins, fruit
long and lush, great mid-palate
well-grown, well-made
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14
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The vineyard is located between Niebaum Lane
and Manley Lane
0.7 miles west of Route 29 in the heart of Rutherford Bench. This is the
twelfth year that Elyse has produced a single-vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon
from this extraordinary vineyard site. Intense aromas of red cherry, smoke,
dark, dusty earth and a lovely note of gravelly mineral all translate
directly onto the full-bodied palate. Great texture of tannins ensures a
long life ahead of this elegant wine.
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SOMMscore
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96
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DRINKABILITY 2010-2025
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AROMA
FLAVOR
STRUCTURE
LENGTH
BALANCE
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purple fruits, violet, pepper, cola
dark fruits, coffee, tar, stone
massive, lush fruit, ripe tannins
surprisingly long, textured
exotic, dark, brooding, huge
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14
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The majority of the fruit for this dense,
massive Petite Sirah is produced on the Wood Vineyard, located in the heart
of the Rutherford Bench. Like a massive bear paw, this wine grabs and lifts
you. Huge aromas of black and blue fruits, dark chocolate, coffee, smoke,
oak, stone and tar. The palate is beyond full-bodied and laden with fruit,
oak, spice, and cola. The length is permeating and will make you think
about the experience for days.
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SOMMscore
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93
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DRINKABILITY 2005-2015
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Jacob
Franklin
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Petite
Sirah - 'Hayne Vineyard',
Napa Valley
2002
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750ML $65
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AROMA
FLAVOR
STRUCTURE
LENGTH
BALANCE
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dark jam, cocoa, plum, coffee
mulberry, blackberry, spice
tannins, bright fruit
long and lush, contemplative
nothing shy about this one
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14
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38
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The famed Hayne Petite Sirah Vineyard in
St. Helena is an old-vine vineyard and is one of Napa’s greatest sources for limited
production Petite Sirah. The vineyard is planted in gravely soil deposited
by ancient glaciers. The head-pruned vines yield very little, but produce
wines with great concentration and power. 10 barrels produced.
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SOMMscore
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94
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DRINKABILITY
2005-2018
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Petite
Sirah - 'Howell Mountain', Napa
Valley
2002
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750ML $40
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AROMA
FLAVOR
STRUCTURE
LENGTH
BALANCE
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red cherry, blackberry, pepper
red & blackfruits, spice
structured tannins, full fruit
persistent and lush
rich, concentrated, youthful
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14
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37
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The 2001 Howell Mountain Petite Sirah is
blended from two well-known vineyards – 88% Petite Sirah from the old
Park-Muscadine Vineyard and 12% Zinfandel from the Black-Sears Vineyard. 8
barrels produced.
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SOMMscore
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93
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DRINKABILITY
2008-2020
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WHEN
VINTRUST ACQUIRES
WINE FOR YOU, WE . . .
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image and barcode each bottle so that you can better manage your
collection and record each bottle’s condition.
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and add the wine, its details, ratings and market price into your
Vintrust online portfolio.
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the wine until you wish to take delivery of it.
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To
learn more about Vintrust, please visit www.vintrust.com
3620 Buchanan Street
San Francisco, CA 94123
tel. 877.VINTRUST (846.8787)
tel. 415.561.8410
fax 415.561.8416
email : customerservice@vintrust.com
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