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NAVARRO I D A L Y 2006 Gewürztraminer, Estate Bottled: Keep cool O 2006 Gewürztraminer, Late : Trouble H 2006 Gewürztraminer, Late Harvest Cluster Select: Double the trouble 2006 , Anderson Valley: Solar power

2006 , Cuvée 128: Mason Dixon line 7 2006 Table : Folk music 2 0 0 2005 , Méthode à l'Ancienne: Flavor fusion 2005 , Mendocino: Year after year 2007 Juices, Gewürz, Pinot Noir and Verjus: White, red & green

Harvesting Chardonnay at sunrise. THE 2006 GEWÜRZTRAMINER HARVEST Feast follows famine

isitors to Navarro’s tasting room this summer were startled to find out that we were sold out of Gewürztraminer; many friends make the winding Vpilgrimage to the Anderson Valley just to pack their trunk with Navarro’s spicy specialty. As though compensating for the meager ‘05 Gewürz OUR 2007 HOLIDAY RELEASES harvest, a perfect combin- ation of circumstances provided a copious ‘06 Delight your senses . The grape clusters were full with little shatter ven with your eyes closed it is easy to know or . We had when harvest has arrived. The birds chatter a record yield since two Eand the bees hum, seemingly sharing our recently planted fields had excitement. The Anderson Valley is redolent with the come into full production. scents of ripening Pinot Noir, Gewürztraminer and After months with none, Gravensteins. If you pay attention you can detect the now our menu features yeasty aromas of fermentation just by driving by the three Gewürztraminers: and since we recommend driving with your the dry and spicy Estate eyes open, the vines offer a visual treat glowing in Bottled, an aromatic Late translucent shades of green and gold. This holiday Harvest and an absolutely season we are releasing eight and seven are luscious, honey-soaked Gold Medal winners. Delight your senses with four Cluster Select Late Harvest. dry whites, two multifaceted reds and two succulent The ripened slowly Late Harvest Gewürztraminers. The case special on in 2006 cool weather so 2006 Chardonnay works out to only the natural acidity remained $9.75 per bottle and will sell out quickly. Wine and high, perfect for a crisp juice case specials and holiday gift sampler prices dry white as well as sweet are available until December 31. wines since the tangy finish keeps the sugar from being Celebrate the sights, sounds, aromas and flavors of cloying. It’s a joy to share the season, the bounty. Ted Bennett and Deborah Cahn Aaron and Sarah Cahn Bennett 2006 Gewürztraminer Estate Bottled, Dry Anderson Valley, Mendocino

Oak casks require a slim and willing worker like Megan to get inside to clean them. Navarro’s large ovals imitate the cooper- age of some of our favorite producers in but we have added internal stainless steel cooling panels to insure that the fermen- tations keep cool and Deleafing ahead of proceed slowly. Tardy harvesting a storm. 2006 was flusters winemak- a cool, late season ers and pickers with scattered but vines thrive showers. In the fall in chilly weather. we always have Navarro’s crew our eyes to the sky rushes to gather looking for storm Gewürztraminer. clouds. Keep cool

nce Navarro’s Gewürztraminer had reached alcohol, crisp acidity , the magical week when the green and a dry finish. This Ograpes turn amber, the weather cooled; daytime is not a simple stainless-steel temperatures rarely exceeded the 70’s and nighttime fermented California bomb. temperatures dropped steadily. That meant a delayed Navarro ferments and ages Gewürz- harvest for our dry Gewürztraminer; three weeks later traminer in temperature controlled than in 2005 and a month later than in 2004. The fruit French and German ovals; ripened at a snail’s pace so unlike stainless-steel the wood casks the flavors developed fully Harvested Sept.20-Oct.19,’06 slowly expose wine to tiny amounts without excessive sugars. The Sugars at harvest 24.0° of oxygen. When fermentation grapes retained more aromat- Bottled May 7-10, 2007 ends, casks are topped to the brim ics since hot weather burns Cases produced 5245 and the wine is allowed to rest on off Gewürztraminer’s floral Alcohol 13.5% the yeast for 8 months to clarify terpenes. The cool nights pre- Residual sugars 0.29% naturally. Although the dominant vented the fruit from losing Titratable acidity 7.5 g/L flavors are tangerine-lichee, there acidity. The result is extraor- pH 3.35 are hints of charcuterie from the dinary balance: rose petal Price (750 ml) $19.00 yeast contact and a round mouthfeel and tropical fruit aromas, full Price (375 ml) $11.00 from the micro-oxygenation. flavors that linger, moderate Gold Medal winner. Best of Class. 2006 Gewürztraminer Late Harvest (Sweet) Cluster Select Late Harvest (Very Sweet) Gewürztraminer has short stems and Anderson Valley, Mendocino the grapes tend to clump up making it a particularly diffi- cult grape to pick. It’s hard to find a spot to insert Picking and grape shears that sorting with won’t squish two buckets is the grapes. difficult; a second pair of hands would help.

It takes high humidity and cool temperatures for botrytis, the honey- flavored , to develop. If it is either too warm or too dry Double the trouble you will be disappointed by funky mold, vinegar or no rot at all. avarro’s Damface and Peach blocks Nare located above a field are heavily infected with botrytis. Navarro’s ponds and since botrytis full time employees know the Gewürz two-bucket-pick- thrives in high humidity, we left these fields in 2006 for trick. Carry two buckets. Pick and inspect each cluster. late harvest. We began harvesting clusters affected with Clusters severely shriveled by botrytis are placed into the noble rot on November 1 and didn’t finish picking one bucket for Cluster Select Late Harvest and clusters until the day after gobbling less rotted are placed into a second bucket for Late down Thanksgiving dinner. Harvest. The unctuous Late Harvest Cluster Select Late Harvest Stems on Philo Gewürz- Cluster Select bottling tastes traminer clusters are very Harvested Nov.1-24, 2006 Harvested Nov.1-24, 2006 of lichee, pineapple, apricot, short and the fruit clumps Sugars at harvest 29.8° Brix Sugars at harvest 36.6° Brix tangerine and honey and around the cane, making it Bottled Mar. 30, 2007 Bottled Mar. 28, 2007 is dessert all by itself. The hard to remove one cluster Cases produced 688 Cases produced 921 Late Harvest bottling has without disturbing another. Alcohol 12.9% Alcohol 10.3% similar tropical flavors but Because of short stems we Residual sugars 11.1% Residual sugars 21.0% since it is not as sweet it need to pick late harvest Titratable acidity 11.5 g/L Titratable acidity 12.5 g/L tastes delicious with pump- Gewürztraminer differently pH 3.15 pH 3.11 kin pie or a plate of warm than late harvest . Price (375 ml) $19.00 Price (375 ml) $29.00 ginger cookies. Both are Rather than have multiple (750 ml) $29.00 (750 ml) $59.00 Gold Medal winners and pickings from the same vine Best of Class. we wait until most clusters in 2006 Pinot Gris Anderson Valley, Mendocino

We use the same training system for growing Pinot Gris as we do for Gewürztraminer; it’s the traditional training system used in Alsace. By arcing, we encourage growth in the middle Middle Ridge of the cane otherwise this variety tends to be at sunset. “Navarro, more vigorous near the trunk and at the tip one of California’s most of the cane with weak growth in the middle. perfect , has a track record of nicely aging wines, including a number of the whites, and the 1995 Pinot Gris, which few people chose to age, has recently shown itself to be a fine example of why this is a grape that has a lot more potential than simply as an early sipping wine.” —Dan Berger, America, March 23, 2007.

Solar power

e aren’t surprised when the generosity or breezes cool the vines every summer Our gates are solar powered which paucity of our Gewürztraminer harvest is day. Even with effective use of the saves a lot of jumping out of the pickup. mirrored in Pinot Gris. Both grapes are cool sun this is often our last field to Congressman Mike Thompson presented W Navarro with an award from Fish climate varieties and they grow alongside each other ripen. The berries from this moun- Friendly Farming this summer. As part throughout the world. After four dispiriting years of tain vineyard usually are smaller, of Navarro’s conservation plan we fence decreasing yields we finally had a bumper Pinot Gris have less sugar and a little more each vineyard site separately leaving harvest in 2006. Lots of grapes translated into lots of acidity than valley floor fruit wildlife corridors on most of the ranch. wine so only the best of our best lots were considered resulting in wines that have a taut for Navarro’s Pinot Gris blend. The most exciting field skin that stretches over the flavors is the Middle Ridge vineyard where the Pinot Gris is that resonate below. The two clones grown between 1100 feet in this field were harvested, cool- and 1250 feet above sea Harvested Sept.27-Oct.7,’06 fermented then aged as separate level on a slope facing Sugars at harvest 23.5° Brix lots in French oak ovals and repre- southwest. The slope, row Bottled May. 2-3, 2007 sent 83% of this bottling. Two direction and terraces were Cases produced 2390 valley floor vineyards constitute designed to maximize the Alcohol 13.5% the remainder of the blend and efficiency of the grape Titratable acidity 7.5 g/L add a rich texture to the whole. for solar collection. pH 3.16 The flavors are autumnal with the The ocean is visible at this Price (750 ml) $18.00 opulence of ripe pears and walnuts. elevation and maritime Gold Medal winner. Best of Class. 2006 Sauvignon Blanc Cuvée 128 Mendocino

Many members of Navarro’s crush crew grew up or live in When inquiring why Philo or Boonville but they our press have kept on truckin’ to learn was acting strangely a the wine business. They have mechanic from Europe a wide range of enological advised us that we were experience gathered at Davis, the buttons faster Fresno and as far away as than electricity. Is that , Australia, New Zea- possible? We suspect land, Israel, and Argentina. something was lost in translation.

Mason Dixon line

he rivalry between Boonville and Philo has existed for we had experimented with generations and maps from the early 1900’s described a fermenting and aging Sauvignon Blanc Tline dividing the two communities as the Mason Dixon in large neutral oak casks as practiced line. Viticultural conditions, as well as politics, divide the valley. by a handful of premium producers Boonville is further from the ocean than Philo and the summer on the Loire. We liked the results: a weather is always warmer. 2006 saw a significant difference be- slightly rounder mouthfeel which tween the two locations. Philo was often shrouded in fog during softens the tart Anderson Valley fruit. summer mornings while Boonville was clear. Gewürztraminer is Half of this wine was fermented and supposedly the earliest ripening of aged in oak casks. The other half was Weather stations in all the varieties grown in Anderson Harvested Sept.11-23,’06 cool-fermented in stainless steel and Navarro’s upper and Valley but before we had harvested Sugars at harvest 23.5° Brix when the fermentation ended the lower vineyard can be monitored via computer our first Gewürztraminer grapes in Bottled Feb. 20-22, 2007 wine was racked to seasoned French 24-7. Conditions vary Philo we had already harvested all Cases produced 2425 oak puncheons to age and clarify widely depending on the Sauvignon Blanc from Boonville Alcohol 13.3% naturally. The lemony finish and altitude and distance and we were preparing to harvest Titratable acidity 7.9 g/L subtle herbal flavors are likely to from the sea. the even later ripening Semillon pH 3.15 enhance dinner no matter where you since we like to add a splash of it Price (750 ml) $17.00 sit on the political spectrum. Gold to our Cuvée 128. The previous Medal winner. 2006 Chardonnay Table Wine Mendocino

Navarro’s Hammer Olsen field is named after an early farmer in the Anderson Valley who cultivated hay with a team of horses where we now grow Chardonnay. Sarah’s high school pal, Sophia Bates of The Apple Farm, is in Maine this year learning the joys and tribulations of farming with a 2 horsepower plow.

We thin Folk music shoots and excess fruit early in the season avarro is committed to producing good wine at “Hammer Olsen” but in chilly 2006 there making it easier affordable prices. We are well aware of how hard were sections of the field that weren’t ripe for the vines to ripen the remaining farmers work to make a living and we know many enough for the Reserve bottling. Another N fruit, nonetheless of the folks who visit Navarro’s tasting room are on a budget field planted to Dijon clones 96 and 76 fields don’t ripen too. During years with a scant crop it is tough to make a also usually goes into our most expensive evenly, especially in distinctive $12 Chardonnay. Luckily the harvest was generous Chardonnay but likewise, part of this cool . in 2006 and that means music in the bottle for Table Wine block didn’t make the Reserve ripeness fans. In fact we ended up producing more 2006 cut. Rather than put these lower brix lots HOLIDAY Chardonnay wine than we bottled. Almost 33% into our mid-priced Mendocino bottling, was sold in bulk to other wineries; tough on the we decided to make a 100% Anderson SPECIAL! financial plan but that’s nothing new in farming. Valley Chardonnay from our two This bottling may best fields and label it Buy it by the case be one of the best buys Table Wine for our Chardonnay Table Harvested Oct.12-13, 2006 Wine is Navarro’s for only $117.00; of the vintage. Because Sugars at harvest 23.5° Brix mailing list friends. It only new release a savings of $27.00. of the late, cool harvest Bottled June 15-18,’07 rings out in a hooten- without a Gold That’s only $9.75 the vineyard crew selec- Cases produced 2558 anny of apple, pear Medal. That’s because it will promptly sell per bottle. tively picked sections Alcohol 13.5% and lemon zest flavors. of the best fields as Don’t miss out; it’s an out before we even Titratable acidity 6.7 g/L have a chance to separate lots to get the ripest fruit pH 3.42 exceptional value for enter it in a wine possible. Our best field for Navar- Price (750 ml) $12.00 estate fruit aged in competition. ro’s Première Reserve blend is French oak barrels. H OLIDAY S AMPLERS & GIFTS 6&8-BOTTLE SAMPLERS & GIFTS Medal winning wines at Holiday savings No. No. No. 4 8 bottles 5 6 bottles 6 6 bottles New eight Solid Gold six All red No. Navarro’s eight new One bottle each of six Each bottle is a Gold 3 12 bottles releases; seven are Gold Navarro Gold Medal Medal winner to savor medal winners and the winning dry wines; four with heartfelt pleasure. Table Wine is so good it crisp whites and two ■ 2005 Pinot Noir Holiday cheer will disappear in a blink. delicious reds. Something special for every Méthode à l’Ancienne ■ 2006 Gewürztraminer ■ 2006 Gewürztraminer occasion: this case has one ■ 2005 Pinot Noir bottle each of eight new Estate Bottled (Dry) Estate Bottled (Dry) Méthode à l’Ancienne releases completed with ■ 2006 Sauvignon Blanc ■ 2006 Sauvignon Blanc UNFILTERED four Gold Medal winning Cuvée 128 Cuvée 128 ■ 2005 Zinfandel We will be glad to enclose a winery gift card with your personal Navarro favorites. ■ 2006 Pinot Gris ■ 2006 Pinot Gris Mendocino message printed inside, or you can send us your own card to enclose. ■ 2006 Gewürztraminer Anderson Valley Anderson Valley ■ 2005 Pinot Noir Estate Bottled (Dry) ■ 2006 Chardonnay ■ 2005 Chardonnay Mendocino 12-BOTTLE SAMPLERS ■ 2006 Sauvignon Blanc Table Wine Mendocino Mendocino ■ 2004 ■ Mendocino t Cuvée 128 ■ 2005 Pinot Noir 2005 Pinot Noir No. No. ■ 2006 Pinot Gris Méthode à l’Ancienne Méthode à l’Ancienne ■ 2005 Navarrouge Anderson Valley ■ ■ Mendocino Red Table Wine 1 12 bottles 2 12 bottles 2005 Zinfandel 2005 Zinfandel ■ 2006 Chardonnay Mendocino Mendocino Family dinner New and dry 6x2 Table Wine Mendocino ■ 2006 Gewürztraminer $117.00 ■ 2005 Pinot Noir Late Harvest (375 ml) $105.00 Savings of $14.00 Two bottles each of six Two bottles each of six of Méthode à l’Ancienne Savings of $14.00 Navarro Gold Medal win- Navarro’s latest dry releases; ■ 2006 Gewürztraminer ■ ning wines: exceptional four crisp whites and two 2005 Zinfandel Cluster Select Late Harvest flavor at everyday prices. 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We’ve extended our 2005 Chardonnay ■ 2006 Gewürztraminer Mendocino Red Table Wine Mendocino Mendocino hours to help you take advan- Première Reserve Cluster Select Late Harvest tage of Holiday prices until December 31. See Order $124.00 (375 ml) $149.00 $189.00 $197.00 Form for details. More ☛ Savings of $33.00 Savings of $41.00 Savings of $44.00 Savings of $15.00 P RIOR R ELEASE OTTLE AMPLERS IFTS 2004 Syrah 3-B S & G Mendocino

No. No. No. 8 3 bottles 9 3 bottles 10 3 bottles Popular trio Tri dry whites Tri dry reds These three wines deliver Three new Gold Medal Three Gold Medal winning luscious fruit at a price winning white wines are red wines with plenty of that’s hard to beat. sure to please. rich flavors. ■ 2006 Sauvignon Blanc ■ 2006 Gewürztraminer ■ 2005 Pinot Noir SGM Cuvée 128 Estate Bottled (Dry) Méthode à l’Ancienne ■ 2006 Chardonnay ■ 2006 Sauvignon Blanc ■ 2005 Zinfandel Table Wine Cuvée 128 Mendocino ew World winemakers puzzle Mendocino ■ 2006 Pinot Gris ■ 2004 Syrah over what to call their “Rhone” ■ 2005 Navarrouge Anderson Valley Mendocino blends. In the USA if one variety Mendocino Red Table Wine N is more than 75% of the total, our label- $49.00 $65.00 ing laws permit the winemaker to identify $38.00 Savings of $5.00 Savings of $6.00 the wine with the name of the dominant Savings of $3.00 variety, as we did here. If no one grape contributes at least 75% of the blend, then the wine is given a “fanciful name” No. No. like Navarrouge or Edelzwicker. We like the way laconic Aussie winemakers 11 3 bottles 12 3 bottles bluntly name their blends of Shiraz, Top tier Navarro Gewürz Gold and Mourvèdre. Down Under Manuel unloads bins this blend would simply be known as of Syrah ready for Celebrate the holidays Navarro’s best three Gold SGM (or GSM if Grenache is dominant). processing into wine. Medal winners will trans- with three Best of Class This bottling is 82% Syrah (Shiraz) from We made Navarro’s form dinner into a party. wines from Navarro’s first Syrah in 1995 but most celebrated variety. two ridge-top vineyards which provide ■ 2006 Gewürztraminer it wasn’t until the 2002 a firm black cherry core with hints of vintage that we started ■ 2006 Gewürztraminer Estate Bottled (Dry) white pepper. Sixteen percent is Grenache adding Grenache and ■ 2005 Chardonnay Estate Bottled (Dry) which softens the blend with fruity berry Mourvèdre because we ■ Première Reserve 2006 Gewürztraminer flavors and a like Aussie SGM blends. Late Harvest (375 ml) ■ 2005 Pinot Noir Harvested Sept.30-Oct.16,’04 final addition ■ If you’d like to dress up your Méthode à l’Ancienne 2006 Gewürztraminer Sugars at harvest 24.2° Brix of two percent Cluster Select Late Harvest gift, we’ll nestle 3 bottles into Mourvèdre adds an excelsior-lined wooden box Bottled Aug. 25, 2005 (375 ml) $62.00 and include your personal Cases produced 1142 a hint of damp Savings of $7.00 message on our gift card. Alcohol 13.6% earth. Gold Add $25.00 to the price of $59.00 Titratable acidity 6.3 g/L Medal winner. Savings of $8.00 the three pack sampler and specify “WOOD”. pH 3.74 Price (750 ml) $22.00 2005 Pinot Noir Méthode à l’Ancienne Anderson Valley, Mendocino

When Monsieur Bouchard first advised us about cooperage, most of these talented young winemakers on Navarro’s 2007 crush crew were still in preschool. All of them have a winemaker parent suggesting that grapes don’t fall far from the vine.

Flavor fusion

n the spring of 1984, a loved the results. More winemaker from an old than seventy percent of this wine was IBurgundian family visited aged almost a year in new and one year old our cellar and tasted the barrels and the remainder in two year old 1983 Pinot Noir wines from barrels. It’s hard to deny the expensive oak the barrel. His skill was ap- flavors in this wine but they happen to parent after he consistently complement the vineyard flavors and aren’t identified the vinification as obvious as if we had chosen toastier barrels techniques we had used to and smothered the fruit with smoky oak per- make each wine. We listened fume. It was a cool vintage and the 2005 closely when he said he Pinot Noir harvest started on the same day New barrels destined for 2007 would have chosen to age our estate it ended in 2004. Pinot Noir. Dan Berger in Pinot in different barrels. For his palate Harvested Sept. 14-Oct.2,’05 The flavors suggest AppellationAmerica.com we were adding a layer of toasty, charred Sugars at harvest 25.0° Brix cherry, strawberry described our 2004 Méthode à l'Ancienne Pinot: “The oak over the fruit flavors. His idea was Bottled Aug. 24-28, 2006 and blueberry with A shattered Pinot Noir cluster mid-palate is succulent and to select oak barrels whose flavors had a Cases produced 4899 hints of spices and in Navarro’s Marking Corral medium-full and there are no similar taste profile as the fruit; the oak Alcohol 13.8% bacon that complete vineyard, September 2005. oak overtones to detract from then would harmoniously fuse with the Titratable acidity 6.3 g/L the signature of Pinot Noir is particularly vulner- the fruit.” Dan was the first able to shatter and 2005 was fruit. Why spend all the time and effort pH 3.61 Navarro’s Méthode to review Navarro wines and an unforgiving vintage. Some of understands our goal of using growing perfect Pinot Noir in Philo and Price (750 ml) $28.00 à l'Ancienne’s the grapes fall off after bloom oak to complement vineyard then overpower the fruit with smoky oak (750 ml) UNFILTERED $30.00 succulent core. which is one of nature’s ways flavors rather than cover them. from ? We purchased the recom- (375 ml) $15.50 Gold Medal winner. of reducing the crop. mended barrels for the 1984 vintage and Best of Show. 2005 Zinfandel Mendocino

Year after year Heritage Zinfandel infandel requires a toastier climate than vineyards were usually Anderson Valley provides therefore we planted without a trellis; purchase Zin grapes from five growers it saved money and the Z farmer could easily cross- located in Mendocino’s warmer Russian River cultivate. The goblet shape Valley. We’ve mentioned their names before: of the vine itself provides Pallini, Tollini, Young, Berry and Eaglepoint. the canopy structure. Good growers all. We’ve sought out their well tended vineyards where the average age of vines is over 50 years. These old timers know how to farm and since each vineyard has its own personality Navarro has gotten to know each site inti- mately. Most years the inland grapes ripen in September but Zinfandel grapes as if in 2005 the Russian River farmers had to bite their nails just we were shopping at a big box store. Once like Anderson Valley growers. Each threatening storm set off we’ve found a great vineyard we try to anxiety attacks since the grapes for this chewy heritage wine make a mutually beneficial contract with didn’t come off until mid October. Navarro doesn’t buy the grower and purchase his or her grapes year after year. We’ve spent a lot of time trying to understand how the flavor of each site is enhanced. We now avoid pumping the Ted and Ed must and punch down manually to avoid Berry compare harsh . We have fiddled with the hats and grape pressing regime to retain the core of ripe growing stories fruit and we have worked at finding barrels each harvest. that complement the flavors of each vine- yard location. Harvested Oct. 8-17, 2005 The wine has Sugars at harvest 26.3°Brix concentrated Bottled Aug. 16-17, 2006 flavors of black- We’ve developed our own Cases produced 2102 berry, cassis and regime to produce Zinfandel. We ferment in bins, Alcohol 14.9% chocolate and just punch down by hand and pour Titratable acidity 6.6 g/L like old friends it the fermented must into the pH 3.93 improves year press rather than using a pump Price (750 ml) $21.00 after year. Gold which macerates the seeds Medal winner. and skins. © 2007 Navarro Vineyards. Design: Ross Carron Design, Sebastopol, CA Non-Alcoholic Wine-grape Juices 2007 Pinot Noir Juice 2007 Gewürztraminer Juice 2007 Chardonnay Verjus

Pinot Noir juice tastes like rhubarb strawberry jam and it will please the whole family. Gewürz- traminer juice smacks of lichee, peach and lime. Your kids will find them as interesting as pet goats. A few years Navarro is just as serious ago we began about making juice as wine bottling juice and we have many grown- with synthetic up grape juice enthusiasts. corks to minimize mold problems. Three years later we agreed that the juice sealed with a natural was fresher, perhaps because of a tighter seal. This 2007 bottling is back to natural corks which are being inspected by Navarro’s winemaker and Mariella Ganau, a third generation Red, white and green cork supplier from Sardinia where thriving cork forests help keep the island green ine grape juices don’t have to be fermented to be and ecologically balanced. savored and at Navarro we’ve met a bunch of kids Wand home chefs with an astute ability to taste. Twenty five years ago we made our first Gewürztraminer grape juice JUICE SAMPLERS planning to serve it to children visiting the tasting room with Choose either 3 or 6 bottles each of Pinot Noir their families. It was such a big hit with adults that within a few and Gewürztraminer grape juice as delicious The 2007 juices will be years we added Pinot Noir so that we could serve both a white non-alcholic beverages. shipped after December 1. and a red. About the same time a local chef asked us to make Until then, 2006 juices will 6-Bottle Sampler: $59.00 Save $7.00 Chardonnay Verjus, a tart green grape juice that has been used be substituted. for centuries to make sauces and marinades. Pinot Noir and 12-Bottle Sampler: $111.00 Save $21.00 Gewürztraminer, once the lowest priced grapes, are now the two Pinot Noir Juice Gewürztraminer Juice Chardonnay Verjus most expensive varieties grown in Anderson Valley and the price of Chardonnay doesn’t lag far behind. The juice from these small- Harvested Sept. 30, 2007 Harvested Sept. 5, 2007 Harvested Aug. 22-23, 2007 berried wine varieties is particularly delicious but grape prices Sugars at harvest 20.0°Brix Sugars at harvest 20.3°Brix Sugars at harvest 11.5°Brix have limited the amount we can produce. What makes Navarro Total acidity 8.5 g/L Total acidity 8.0 g/L Total acidity 18.0 g/L juice a standout is that we are just as fussy about how it tastes pH 3.93 pH 3.05 pH 2.88 as Navarro wine. The tart Verjus will add a lemony zing to any- Bottled Oct. 24, 2007 Bottled Oct. 25, 2007 Bottled Oct. 23, 2007 thing you are cooking and is a good substitute for vinegar in a Price (750 ml) $11.00 Price (750 ml) $11.00 Price (750 ml) $11.00 wine friendly meal. Oh baby, these juices aren’t just kids’ stuff! P RIOR R ELEASE P RIOR R ELEASE 2005 Chardonnay 2005 Chardonnay Mendocino Première Reserve Anderson Valley, Mendocino

Conscientious -growers today What’s the difference? engage in the same pursuits as Cistercian monks 900 years ago in to identify the sec- tions of their vineyards that consistently produce nlike other white varieties such as distinctive quality wine. Sarah and Jeff graduated Sauvignon Blanc, which is herbal and from U.C. Davis in 2006. Sarah has a Masters grassy, or Gewürztraminer, which is Starting in 1992 Jim has degree in Enology and Jeff in . U heady with floral aromas, ripe Chardonnay aimed for a consistent is more chameleon-like. That means the style with Navarro’s Men- winemaker’s choices in the cellar become docino Chardonnay and has perfected it in more paramount. These decisions include whether recent vintages. He uses a to encourage a secondary malolactic fermen- combination of Anderson Sacred tradition tation that adds buttery tones, the length and Potter Valley fruit, and temperature of the fermentation and blended from barrel, oval perhaps above all the choice of oak cooper- and stainless steel ferment- ed wine. The stainless edieval vineyards age including which cooper, which forest the were planted with a part does not undergo a wood should come from, how long the wood secondary fermentation. Mmixture of grapes to should dry, the toast ensure a crop even in difficult level, not to mention how years but by 1100 the vineyards long the wine should rest in Burgundy were in decline. on the yeast, if it should On Christmas Day 1112, thirty be stirred and how much Cistercian monks led by Saint time it should spend in Bernard were given their first oak. This Mendocino vineyard in Meursault. The re- bottling has lovely apple- ligious order and the vineyards melon flavors and mod- prospered and a few years later erate price tag entitling the monks of Pontigny planted Navarro’s winemaker the first 100% Chardonnay Jim Klein, to take a bow. vineyard in Chablis. We planted Gold Medal winner. our first Chardonnay vineyard at Navarro in 1979 and like the Cistercians we now have Harvested Oct. 2-25, 2005 Harvested Oct. 9-21, 2005 favorite vines and blocks. Three blocks in Sugars at harvest 23.8°Brix Sugars at harvest 23.8°Brix Navarro’s Hammer Olsen field consistently Bottled June 19-22, 2006 Bottled June 22-29, 2006 produce delicious Chardonnay and form the Cases produced 4190 Cases produced 4760 base for the Première Reserve cuvée year Alcohol 13.6% Alcohol 13.6% after year. The wine was fermented and aged Titratable acidity 7.0 g/L Titratable acidity 7.6 g/L 10 months in French oak barrels which pH 3.40 pH 3.28 contributed toast, vanilla and butter to the Price (750 ml) $22.00 Price (750 ml) $16.00 pear-apple fruit with a squeeze of citrus. (375 ml) $12.50 (375 ml) $9.50 Gold Medal winner. P RIOR R ELEASE P RIOR R ELEASE 2006 Edelzwicker 2005 White Riesling Mendocino Cluster Select Late Harvest Anderson Valley, Mendocino

When the noble rot started to shrivel the Riesling grapes in mid- October ‘05 we giggled with gamblers’ glee. Got it covered Maybe, just maybe, we could recoup some of delzwicker is Navarro’s version our earlier losses by producing a of flowers in a glass. It is a sensational late Emixture of three of our favorite harvest wine. grapes: Gewürztraminer, Riesling and Pinot Gris, beloved varieties from Alsace, the region that first came up with this tongue-twisting name. Navarro’s various cover crops adorn alternating vineyard rows, providing a Go for broke natural habitat for beneficial insects that varies with season and location. y mid-October 2005 Riesling and were the On flat land and weaker soils we only grapes remaining on Navarro’s vines. The harvest grow fava beans, vetch and Magnus Bhad put us in a gloomy mood; the weather was sunny peas that have lots of biomass to till but the yields had been scanty. When the weather turned cool in as summer green manure. On and drizzly we decided to go for broke and let the remaining steeper hillsides we are concerned crop hang, gambling that the sparse clusters would be kissed about erosion; annual rye grass and by the noble rot. Cluster select wines are pricey not only chewing fescue form a living root because of the greatly reduced yield from botrytised raisins mat under the vines and hug the but also due to the farming risk. It’s possible to lose an entire Bill celebrates the soil. Edelzwicker crop to funky molds. We kept our winter cover crop is as pretty as the Harvest Sept.25-Nov.9,2006 Harvest Oct.19-Nov.2,2005 fingers crossed and made three in the vineyard as flowering cover crop picking passes between October 19 well as his twenty- Sugars at harvest 24.0°Brix Sugars at harvest 36.2°Brix third year working beneath the vines: Bottled Apr.30-May.1,‘07 Bottled May. 12, 2006 and November 2 selecting only at Navarro. Got a intensely aromatic Cases produced 1639 Cases produced 351 botrytised clusters This unctuous question? Bill’s got with a touch of sweet- Alcohol 13.5% Alcohol 11.1% nectar smells and tastes of apricot, it covered. ness and a bit of lime, Residual sugars 1.6% Residual sugars 20.1% pineapple, mango and honey. it is the quintessential Titratable acidity 6.8 g/L Titratable acidity 12.4 g/L It’s decadently rich with enough wine to envelop life’s pH 3.22 pH 3.11 bracing acidity to keep it from pleasures. Gold Price (750 ml) $12.00 Price (375 ml) $29.00 cloying. Gold Medal winner. Medal winner. Best of Show.