MAPLE LANE WINE WEDNESDAY, MARCH 12, 2008 Maple Lane Winery Maple Lane Story Maple Lane is a partnership between vineyard owners Richard and Lucy Parks, and winemaker, Bradley Smith. The vineyard is located on Maple Lane about 5 miles south of the town of Calistoga in the Napa Valley. The vineyard was planted in 2000 by the impeccable Barbour Vineyard Management team under the direction of winemaker Phillip Melka. The incredible attention to detail in the early days of vineyard has resulted in very healthy and very balanced vines. The vineyard is like a child who was raised by the wisest and most lovely parents with a solid base to do great things. Richard and Lucy Parks purchased the vineyard in 2005 with a dream of starting their own winery. In August of 2006, via a mutual friend, the Parks and Brad Smith met, and the partnership was born. These days the vineyard is looked after by Brad and the master viticulturists at Premiere Viticulture Services and Buckland Vineyard Management. The Parks also own a small vineyard in St. Helena, just next to the Grace Family vineyard, that was planted in 2007. In addition they own a large ranch in the Mayacamas hills of Sonoma County, between Calistoga and Santa Rosa. There are big plans to develop this ranch into a vineyard and estate winery. For now, Richard, Lucy and Brad produce Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon from the Maple Lane vineyard under the Maple Lane label. The wine has been made at Laird Family Estate in Napa. Starting with the 2007 vintage, the wine is made at August Briggs Winery in Calistoga where Brad serves as winemaker. The Maple Lane 2005 Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon is the first wine released by partnership. Only 240 cases were produced. Some blending was done to perfect the wine: A barrel of Syrah from the Dyer ranch of southern Napa and one barrel of Merlot from the Solari vineyard in northern Napa were blended with nine barrels of Cabernet Sauvignon from the Maple Lane vineyard. The blending enhanced the mid-pallet while adding finesse and depth to the wine. The wine is lush and seductive. On the nose, it displays aromas of ripe plum, berries, and cassis. On the pallet the wine is ripe and bright with flavors of black cherry and oak, followed by jammy, berry and plum flavors. The finish evolves to dark chocolate with raspberry reduction. The tannins are fine and well integrated. POSTED BY MAPLE LANE AT 3:04 PM NO COMMENTS: Home Subscribe to: Posts (Atom) BLOG ARCHIVE ▼ 2008 (1) ▼ March (1) Maple Lane Winery ABOUT ME MAPLE LANE VIEW MY COMPLETE PROFILE Deze site gebruikt cookies van Google om services te leveren en verkeer te analyseren. Je IP-adres en user-agent worden met Google gedeeld, samen met prestatie- en beveiligingsstatistieken om servicekwaliteit te garanderen, gebruiksstatistieken te genereren, misbruik te detecteren en maatregelen te treffen.MEER INFORMATIEOK