Holly's Hill, a serene retreat in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada Mountains, has planted its vineyards exclusively to the varieties of France's Rhone Valley. The enthusiasm for Rhone varieties at Holly's Hill started when Tom and Holly Cooper (owners) shared their first bottle of Chateauneuf du Pape on their honeymoon.
It's been a love affair ever since. Golden Staters are still jealous that Silver Staters get a day off! So, all guests are welcome to partake in a jackpot of deals. In honor of Nevada becoming the 36th state in the Union, everyone receives 36% off full cases of Carignane-Mourvedre and Petite Sirah-Syrah.
It's been a love affair ever since. Golden Staters are still jealous that Silver Staters get a day off! So, all guests are welcome to partake in a jackpot of deals. In honor of Nevada becoming the 36th state in the Union, everyone receives 36% off full cases of Carignane-Mourvedre and Petite Sirah-Syrah.
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Holly's Hill is located just south of Placerville at 2700 feet in elevation in the Pleasant Valley region of El Dorado. The vineyards are planted exclusively to the varieties of France's Rhone Valley. Holly's daughter and son-in-law artfully craft small batches of distinctive wines from the carefully managed vines.
Although the winery is in California, Holly's Hill wines have a distinctive old world flair. Emphasis is placed on the fruit itself and interventions throughout the aging process are infrequent and minor. Only French oak is used and preferably neutral barrels without the vanilla, astringency and tannins of new barrels.
The Rhone Rangers is America's leading non-profit organization dedicated to promoting American Rhone varietal wines. American Rhone-style wines are made from the same grapes that have flourished for centuries in France's Rhone River Valley, and their growing popularity in the United States speaks to their versatility with food, wide range of rich flavors, and to the skills of American winemakers.
In the 1980s, California Rhone pioneers Bonny Doon, Joseph Phelps, Sierra Vista (our neighbor), Edmunds St. John and others, began popularizing the marketing of the Rhone varietals. Their success helped to revive plantings of many traditional Rhone grapes that were dying out in California like Grenache, Mourvedre and Viognier.
A couple of months ago, Matt Kramer mused about potential "new classics" - wines of enduring greatness - in his Drinking Out Loud column for Wine Spectator. To define what he means by classic, Kramer turned to noir writer Raymond Chandler.
A classic piece of writing, said Chandler, "exhausts the possibilities of its form and can hardly be surpassed.".My list, which at first ran to 38 candidates, is devoted to wines I've found consistently to provide quality and value, vintage after vintage.They are exceptionally expressive of what they are intended to be.
A classic piece of writing, said Chandler, "exhausts the possibilities of its form and can hardly be surpassed.".My list, which at first ran to 38 candidates, is devoted to wines I've found consistently to provide quality and value, vintage after vintage.They are exceptionally expressive of what they are intended to be.
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