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2012 White Roan, Mendocino: Horsing around 2013 Pinot Blanc, Mendocino: Family ties 2012 Muscat Blanc, Estate Bottled, Dry: Hip hop 2012 Gewürztraminer, Cluster Select Late : All star 2013 Rosé, Mendocino: Rosebud 2012 Navarrouge, Mendocino: Splish, splash 2011 , Mendocino: Historic value 2011 , Mendocino: Geography lesson 2011 , Old Vine Cuvée: Crisis control 2011 , Deep End Blend: Dive into the Deep End 2010 Pinot Noir Méthode à l’Ancienne Anderson Valley, Mendocino

OUR 2014 SPRING RELEASES Eloy Lopez harvesting Garden Spot Pinot Noir at Conserving resources night. Fermentation proceeds very slowly when the acing drought, an ingenious river otter arrive cold; the crossed the highway and started fishing in extended fermenta- Navarro’s pond. In an attempt to be as re- tion results in more Fsourceful, we have installed wind turbines to mini- flavorful . mize water consumption. A lean season is a good time to stock up; several releases were produced in such small lots that we make them available to our mailing list friends on a first-come basis. This spring we are releasing three dry white wines: Navarro’s first Roussanne-Marsanne blend inspired by wines of the Rhône, our value-packed Pinot Blanc and a crisp Muscat Blanc. CELLAR RELEASE Five vigorous red wines and a blushingly pretty rosé are also being introduced, plus a luscious Aging with grace Cluster Select Gewürztraminer, e first released our 2010 Pinot Noir Méthode à l’Ancienne almost our top Medal winner ever. two years ago and recently dug into our cellar for the last few Pinot Blanc and Navarrouge pallets as a treat for our mailing list customers. Don’t pass up this are offered with case specials W opportunity to taste this patiently cellared beauty for just $29.00. Read our for $12.33 per bottle, which is customers’ comments below. Gold Medal winner. Best of Class. a great way to conserve cash. The bargain priced samplers, “A well structured and highly pleasurable that is immediately enjoyable.” full case specials and One- Cent ground freight on all “Light ruby color with cherry, raspberry, earth and spice aromas. On the palate, case orders will be offered it’s medium/full-bodied, balanced, and smooth until April 30th on a first with cherry, raspberry, mushroom, and baking Harvested Oct. 1-19, 2010 come basis. spice flavors. Long finish.” Sugars at harvest 25.2° Brix “Very good body and nose. I enjoyed the tart Bottled Sept. 1-6, 2011 Cheers, cherry and cranberry. It outshines a French pinot Cases available 632 we paired with the meal as well.” Alcohol 14.1% Ted Bennett and Deborah Cahn Titratable acidity 7.4 g/L Aaron and Sarah Cahn Bennett “Easily my favorite over the last few and pH 3.54 seemed this one would have many good years in Price (750 ml) $29.00 front of it...” 2012 White Roan 65% Roussanne 35% Marsanne Mendocino

Wild Camargue Glen McGorty is the UC Davis horses, an ancient Wine- Advisor for Men- breed, which we docino County. He planted Bono- were lucky enough figlio Vineyard to well-regarded to spot last spring clones of the principal white while visiting that grape varieties grown in , magical part of near the Rhône River, both to France where the supplement his retirement and, Rhône River runs more importantly, as a legacy to into the sea. Mendocino, confirming that these varietals can thrive in our county.

Horsing around

e purchased Marsanne, Roussanne and Viognier was spicy and aromatic but with grapes from Bonofiglio Vineyards in 2012. After discernible heat in the finish. Day Wpressing, the Marsanne juice was cool-fermented 2: Five different combinations of in an oval; the Roussanne and Viognier began their Marsanne, added to Roussanne, fermentations in stainless steel and then were racked to were tasted blind; six out of seven seasoned oak barrels and puncheons for aging on light tasters chose a blend with 65% lees. After eight months in barrel, the wines appeared Roussanne and 35% Marsanne. ready to bottle; blending tastings began in May 2013. Day 3: Using the previous day’s First we held a staff tasting of 2011 Roussanne, Marsanne winning blend as the new base wine, and Viognier blends, primarily four wines were tasted with varying from the south of France, to Harvested Sept.20 /Oct.1,’12 additions of Viognier; five out of eight of us liked educate our palates. Blend- Sugars at harvest 23.1° Brix no addition and two liked the lowest addition, so ing Day 1: The panel tasted Bottled June 28, 2013 we corralled our choice to just Roussanne and Mar- fully identified individual lots. Cases produced 652 sanne for this bottling. Texture and viscosity take Roussanne seemed the most Alcohol 13.6% center stage; crisp with a touch of wet stone and flavorful and complete, the Titratable acidity 7.1 g/L pine needles, making this an invigorating alterna- Marsanne seemed fuller, aro- pH 3.34 tive to . Pairs well with grilled halibut, matic, but needed some weight Price (750 ml) $18.00 chicken with artichoke hearts or sushi. in the mid-palate.The Viognier Gold Medal winner. 2013 Pinot Blanc Mendocino (Dry)

Jim Klein, Navarro’s winemaker, inspecting grapes before harvest. Much of Jim’s time is spent in the vineyards; in the winter he checks vineyard drainage, in the spring pruning levels and suckering, in the summer he assesses crop load A Pinot vine with and disease issues, both white and grey finally, before harvest, fruit; even within checks thinning the blanc clusters are results and ripeness. small gris berries.

Family ties

n addition to the color mutations, black, grey and white, not a mutation of Pinot Noir as previously thought. Pinot Blanc’s at least 156 European grape varieties have been identi- viticultural characteristics are similar to Gris and Noir: early bud- Ified by DNA analysis to have a direct parent-offspring break and ripening, requiring a temperate climate, small berries relationship with Pinot. Surprisingly, Pinot is the parent of and a susceptibility to fungal diseases. August 2013 was warm in Chardonnay and , the grandparent of Mendocino, consequently harvest was about ten days earlier this and and the great grandparent as compared to 2012. After Spring Case of and . Pinot Harvested Sept. 16, 2013 destemming and , the juice has been propagated by vegetative reproduc- Sugars at harvest 22.7° Brix was cool-fermented in stainless steel, SPECIAL! tion for centuries and the variety is thought to Bottled Feb. 12, 2014 then racked to French oak puncheons. have existed for about 2,000 years; enough time Cases produced 1217 A cuvée including 6% Chardonnay Buy it by the case for the vine to mutate into more than 1,000 Alcohol 13.7% delighted the staff with its bright, for only $148.00; registered clones. French ampelographers found Residual sugars 0.2% citrus-herbal flavors and fresh clover a savings of $32.00. white mutations of Pinot Gris in Chassagne- Titratable acidity 6.9 g/L aromas. Celebrate spring by serving That’s only $12.33 Montrachet in 1895, and then in Nuits-Saint- pH 3.32 it with fresh Laychee cheese or pair per bottle. Georges in 1896, which means the white Price (750 ml) $15.00 with sausages and fennel-apple slaw mutation had occurred at least twice and was for an affordable supper. 2012 Muscat Blanc Estate Bottled (Dry) Anderson Valley, Mendocino

Miguel Hernandez Another of Ted’s favorite reads by Robinson, Harding and suckering Navarro’s Vouillamoz. Muscat’s viticultural characteristics are described Hammer Olsen Muscat. as: “Susceptible to powdery mildew, botrytis bunch rot and In the winter, the vine hymenoptera…” Sometimes a dictionary is handy when reading being suckered was this encyclopedic tome and hymenoptera are one of the largest pruned to produce about orders of insects, comprising sawflies, wasps, bees and ants. twenty four shoots. The That’s our observation as well; it’s hard for bees (below), ants, vine produced many and wasps (and humans too) to resist Muscat’s floral aromas. times more shoots then that during the previous growing season and it was Miguel’s task to remove the extras.

Hip hop

he largest plantings of Muscat Blanc à Petits Grains are expect this variety in Italy, with most of the 33,000 acres going into the to be dry. We’re T production of the sweet and slightly sparkling Moscato somewhat relieved we only farm about d’Asti. Production of California’s sweet, fizzy Muscat wine three acres of Muscat. Not only does the is currently setting new records as the popularity of this variety present viticultural challenges wine style continues to woo more and more young wine in Anderson Valley’s coastal climate, drinkers. We suspect that many of these younger drinkers but to expand sales of this dry bottling, will eventually graduate to drier wines, as did the previous which defies common expectations of generation, who once clamored residual sugar level, would require years for White Zin. After forty years of Harvested Oct. 17, 2012 of pleading “Please try it; it’s dry!”. coaxing customers to try our dry Sugars at harvest 23.0° Brix The juice from our Muscat grapes was Gewürztraminer, we have some Bottled May 8, 2013 cool fermented in oak ovals where the worries over increased Muscat Cases produced 654 wine rested on the lees for nine months. grape production. For years the Alcohol 13.5% Aromas of gardenias, narcissus and majority of Gewürztraminer wines, Residual sugars 0.2% orange peel with a startling dry finish, California or Europe, were sweet. Titratable acidity 7.0 g/L this aromatic bombshell is the perfect New visitors to Navarro’s tasting pH 3.31 complement to oysters or prosciutto room sometimes pass over our Price (750 ml) $19.50 wrapped asparagus. Gold Medal winner. flagship Gewürz since they don’t Best of Class. 2012 Gewürztraminer Cluster Select Late Harvest Anderson Valley, Mendocino

Alfredo Bucio getting Manuel Eligio, ready to pump Gewürz Navarro’s cellar-master, juice into an oak cask for cleaning the spouts of fermentation and aging. a bottling machine. The bucket of stainless Producing sound steel fittings are used to white wines requires connect hoses, measur- that equipment must ing devices, pumps, be squeaky-clean, venturi devices to any especially if the wine tank, destemmer or contains any ferment- press in the . able sugars.

WINNER! CALIFORNIA STATE FAIR Gold | Best of Class

INT’L WINE CHANNEL TV AWARD Gold | Best of Show

LONG BEACH GRAND CRU Gold | Best of Class

LOS ANGELES COUNTY FAIR All Star Gold | Best of Class MENDOCINO COUNTY FAIR Gold | Best of Show

fter the meager 2010 and 2011 vintages, where the ground, we harvested less than seven NATIONAL ORANGE SHOW Gold | Best of Class

we bottled less wine than needed, it was a relief to tons of botrytised fruit to produce this NORTH COAST WINE CHALLENGE have a decent Gewürz crop in 2012. The bountiful honeyed beauty. We began entering this Gold | Best of Class A NORTH OF THE GATE WINE COMPETITION harvest put us in such a confident mood that we decided wine in national and international wine Gold | Best of Show ORANGE COUNTY FAIR a big-time gamble was in order. We harvested enough competitions in March 2013 and with Gold Gewürz to produce the desired quantities of 2012 Estate each Gold medal, or more select accolade, RIVERSIDE INT’L WINE COMPETITION Gold | Best of Class

Bottled Gewürztraminer and Edelzwicker but we left we were convinced we had produced a SAN FRANCISCO INT’L WINE COMPETITION about twenty tons of grapes very special wine. Recently, at a family Gold | Best of Show SUNSET INT’L C OMPETITION on the vine, hoping the fruit Harvested Nov. 26, 2012 celebration, we pulled out a 1983 Na- Gold | Best of Class TASTERS GUILD INT’L WINE COMPETITION would rot. We visited the Sugars at harvest 32.5° Brix varro Cluster Select wine, one of our first Gold field frequently and although Bottled Feb. 21, 2013 dessert wines to garner a horde of Gold botrytis was spreading, so Cases produced 672 medals. Everyone at the table swooned. Navarro garners a lot of were the undesirable molds. Alcohol 9.2% This clean, peachy ambrosia will be deli- Gold medals, but this is our Our gamble seemed increas- Residual sugars 16.2% cious decades from now, so save some in first wine for a perfect score of thirteen Gold medals out ingly reckless with each Titratable acidity 9.1 g/L your cellar as these age worthy, golden review. In late November, four nectars are ideally suited for remember- of thirteen entries. Seven pH 3.10 times Best of Class and four days after Thanksgiving, we Price (750 ml) $69.00 ing and celebrating special occasions. times Best of Show. began harvesting; after tossing (375 ml) $35.00 Winner of thirteen Gold Medals. Best of fruit with undesirable rots on Class. Best of Show. Navarro Samplers No. No. No. New wine releases at savings up to 24% 4 12, 6, 3 bottles 5 12, 6, 3 bottles 6 12, 6 bottles Samplers are pre-packaged and each contains wines in limited supply. All subject to prior sale. Springtime whites Red & Gold triad Solid Gold White wines with an emphasis One, two or four bottles One or two bottles each Aimee Hanson, and the rest of our staff, will be manning the phones extra hours from on crisp fruit flavors for each of three new Gold of six Gold Medal winning 8 AM till 6 PM weekdays and 9 AM to 6 PM springtime pleasure. Choose Medal winning red releases. wines earning a total of 22 weekends to help you take advantage of bar- one, two or four bottles each. Gold medals in National and 2011 Syrah gain sampler prices and our One-Cent ground International competitions. 2013 Pinot Blanc Mendocino shipping offer. Navarro’s farm-direct wines Mendocino (Dry) always represent an excellent value and our 2011 Grenache 2012 Muscat Blanc specially priced 2012 Muscat Blanc Mendocino Estate Bottled (Dry) samplers feature Estate Bottled (Dry) No. 2011 Zinfandel 2012 White Roan 10 bottles discounts up 2012 White Roan Mendocino 1 to 24% until Old Vine Cuvée Mendocino April 30. 2011 Syrah #5A—12 bottle Sampler Mendocino All new #4A—12 bottle Sampler A bottle each of Navarro’s $259.00 2011 Zinfandel ten new releases: three dry, No. No. $167.00 Savings of $65.00 Old Vine Cuvée crisp whites, a delightful 2 12, 6 bottles 312, 6, 3 bottles Savings of $43.00 2011 Pinot Noir rosé, five medal winning reds #5B—6 bottle Sampler Méthode à l’Ancienne and a luscious Cluster Select #4B—6 bottle Sampler New dry six Voted most 2012 Gewürztraminer Gewürztraminer. $137.00 Choose either one or two $89.00 Savings of $25.00 Cluster Select (375 ml) popular Savings of $16.00 2013 Pinot Blanc bottles each of six new dry Choose either one, two #6A—12 bottle Sampler Mendocino (Dry) releases; three crisp whites, a or four bottles each of #5C—3 bottle Sampler #4C—3 bottle Sampler 2012 Muscat Blanc mouthwatering rosé and two Navarro’s most popular Gold Medal winning reds. $71.00 $239.00 Estate Bottled (Dry) new wines; a crisp white, $47.00 Savings of $10.00 Savings of $72.00 2012 White Roan 2013 Pinot Blanc a robust red and a spring- Savings of $5.50 Mendocino Mendocino (Dry) time rosé. #6B—6 bottle Sampler 2013 Rosé 2012 Muscat Blanc 2013 Pinot Blanc $127.00 Mendocino (Dry) Estate Bottled (Dry) Mendocino (Dry) Savings of $28 .50 2012 Navarrouge 2012 White Roan 2012 Navarrouge Mendocino Red Mendocino Mendocino Red Table Wine 2011 Pinot Noir 2013 Rosé 2013 Rosé Deep End Blend Mendocino (Dry) Mendocino (Dry) Navarro usually ships in 2011 Syrah 2011 Syrah recyclable cardboard but Mendocino Mendocino #3A—12 bottle Sampler you may request styrofoam which offers better temper- 2011 Zinfandel 2011 Grenache $157.00 ature protection. Navarro’s Mendocino Old Vine Cuvée Savings of $33.00 website is available 24-7 at 2011 Zinfandel www.NavarroWine.com, Old Vine Cuvée #2A—12 bottle Sampler #3B—6 bottle Sampler but if you prefer talking to Chris Spazek, or other 2012 Gewürztraminer $199.00 $83.00 members of our friendly, Cluster Select (375 ml) Savings of $49.00 Savings of $12.00 well-informed staff, we can help you at 707-895-3686 #1—10 bottle Sampler #2B—6 bottle Sampler #3C—3 bottle Sampler or 800-537-9463 from 8 AM till 6 PM weekdays and $199.00 $109.00 $44.00 9 AM to 6 PM weekends. Savings of $51.00 Savings of $15.00 Savings of $3.50 2013 Rosé Mendocino 94% Grenache, 6%

Jim Klein and Ed Pallini (Debbie’s father). We’ve been purchasing grapes Filling bottles with rosé. from the Pallini family every year since 1991 and you can count on Ed’s footprints in the vineyard during the growing season.

Rosebud

ust like Pinot, Grenache comes in three colors: Pallini’s grapes, we sourced a small amount of white, grey and black. We’re confident that the Grenache Noir from Al Tollini, a much appreci- After the cork is inserted, , being sold in this newsletter as ated grower of grapes for Navarro’s Zinfandel. the bottles are left upright J for a little while, then Grenache, is produced from the Grenache Noir To add complexity to the cuvée, we also pur- Josephina Eligio packs grape variety but suspect that some, or perhaps chased old-vine Carignan from Al’s grandfather. them neck down. We all, the Grenache grapes in this rosé bottling, are So although our model for rosé comes from prefer to label later; that of the Gris variant. The fruit comes from Debbie the south of France, the grapes for this bottling way we can examine each Pallini’s ancient head-trained vines, planted by her were grown by the descendants of Mendocino’s bottle to make sure there are no “leakers” or other father and grandfather in 1952. Our first efforts industrious Italian problems. in making a deeply colored red wine from this Harvested Sept.26-Oct.14,’13 immigrants. Dry variety were disappointing, so in 2002 we decided Sugars at harvest 24.2° Brix with suggestions of to try producing a rosé. We were delighted with Bottled Feb. 11, 2014 rose petal, vanilla the results and with the aromatics in Debbie’s Cases produced 798 and strawberry and grapes. This perfume is a characteristic of the Gris Alcohol 13.6% a delicate pink cast, variety but it is enhanced by the fact that Pallini’s Titratable acidity 7.1 g/L this wine is a pretty site is especially cool. Whatever the exact type of pH 3.31 addition to bouilla- Grenache, we are tickled pink with the rosé wines Price (750 ml) $17.50 baisse, crab cakes or produced from this vineyard. In 2013, to augment risotto primavera. 2012 Navarrouge Mendocino Red Table Wine

Bins of fully fer- mented Pinot Noir ready for pressing. The 2012 harvest was plentiful since each and every wine-grape variety bore a full crop; the only way we could possibly keep up was to start pressing at 3 AM each day. Navarro’s harvest hours were slightly longer than your local 7-11 minimart.

Twice a day during red wine fermentation, Lacey, Julia, Jessica Splish, splash and Nick punch-down the skins back into the wo thirds of this 2012 vintage of Navar- varieties, the grapes are fermented in open top fermenting juice. This is rouge was produced from old vine Syrah tanks, punched down, rather than pumped, to a task requiring strength T and Zinfandel grapes. The grapes of this avoid extracting coarse tannins, then aged in French and endurance so we base cuvée were sourced from benchlands in the oak barrels, typically for ten months. After we’ve generally assign it to Russian River Valley near Ukiah, which is warmer added all the red varieties, near the end of Navar- our youngest and fittest tasting-room staff and than the Anderson Valley, from growers whose rouge blending trials, we sometimes add a splash harvest interns. names are familiar in our newsletters: Tollini, of to improve aromatics and balance Pallini, McDowell and Dark Horse. The remain- the tannins. In the past we’ve used Chardonnay ing third of the wine was produced from unused and but this year we’ve added 2.5% portions of lots that went into puncheon-aged Sauvignon Blanc. Not surprisingly, Spring Case Navarro’s 2012 varietal bottlings: the 2012 Navarrouge is Pinot Noir, Grenache and Carignan. Harvested Sept.20-Oct.14,’12 complex and full bodied SPECIAL! Each year the blend of grapes used Sugars at harvest 23.5° Brix with brambly flavors of in Navarrouge varies and in the Bottled Aug. 20-22, 2013 black cherries, licorice Buy it by the case past the red varieties we’ve added Cases produced 2899 and a hint of tobacco. for only $148.00; include Cabernet Sauvignon, Alcohol 13.4% At this price, the Navar- a savings of $32.00. , , Valdiguié, Titratable acidity 6.0 g/L rouge will disappear That’s only $12.33 Petit Sirah, Dolcetto, , pH 3.80 faster than Nonna’s per bottle. Mourvèdre and . Price (750 ml) $15.00 Bolognese sauce. Regardless of our choice of red Silver Medal winner. 2011 Syrah 2011 Grenache Mendocino Mendocino

Heath Dolan at Dark Ulises Garcia re- Horse Vineyards. The places the stainless Dolan family members steel tank top after are experienced wine- punching the must makers, as well as grape- down on newly growers, making it easy crushed grapes. We for us to communicate replace the top with Navarro’s needs. Since a cloth mesh once both the Grenache Noir the fermentation is and Syrah were biodynami- bubbling, releasing cally grown by Dark Horse Fermentation on native carbon dioxide and Vineyards, on volcanic soil, yeasts generally begins several days some alcohol. there is definitely a sense of after the grapes are crushed into place in these two wines. these fermenters; once the native yeast have initiated the process, Taylor Mattus adds some well- known yeast to guarantee that the fermentation finishes cleanly.

Historic value Geography lesson

rban legend says that Syrah came from Syria or Persia, renache (Garnacha) most likely originated in Spain and hence the name Shiraz. 1998 DNA research would indi- the strength of the Aragon Kingdom accounts for the Ucate otherwise. , one of Syrah’s par- Gwide dispersal of the grape around the western Mediter- ents, is a variety grown in eastern France near the Alps, ranean. The earliest mention of Garnacha is about 1513 under in the departments of , Isère and Haute-Savoie. Dureza, the the name Aragones, designated as a black-berried variety from other parent, is an almost extinct variety grown close by in the Madrid. In 2006, Italian researchers challenged that hypoth- Drôme and Isères. Since Syrah was a spontaneous vineyard esis asserting that the variety came from the island of Sardegna cross, the two varieties would have had to grow in close prox- where it is known as Cannonau. However, all three color vari- imity and remote Isère, in the French Rhône-Alps, seems to be ants, black, grey and white, exist in Spain but not in Sardegna. the most probable place of origin. The anthocyanins in Syrah More recent genetic studies indicate significant clonal diversity skins are higher than many other of Garnacha in Spain but not in red wine grape varieties making its Harvested Oct. 15, 2011 Harvested Oct. 15, 2011 Sardegna. Grenache produces fruity wine suitable for long term aging Sugars at harvest 25.0° Brix Sugars at harvest 26.1° Brix red wines but it is typically blended and maturation. To soften Syrah’s Bottled Aug. 24, 2012 Bottled Aug. 29, 2012 with grape varieties with more color tannic edge, Navarro’s tasting Cases produced 530 Cases produced 120 and tannin. As is the custom in panel chose a blend which included Alcohol 13.9% Alcohol 13.7% Châteauneuf-du-Pape, we blended in twenty percent Dark Horse Gren- Titratable acidity 6.7 g/L Titratable acidity 6.0 g/L sixteen percent Dark Horse Syrah; ache. Dark and earthy, it has hints pH 3.64 pH 3.65 boldly chewy with hints of sandal- of black currant, plum and coffee. Price (750 ml) $27.00 Price (750 ml) $27.00 wood, cloves, black olives and cassis. Gold Medal winner. Gold Medal winner. 2011 Zinfandel Old Vine Cuvée Mendocino

Al Tollini has several blocks We enjoy Ed Berry’s of Zinfandel; the determination and wine produced no-nonsense attitude from a block in delivering his crop. planted in 1932 is routinely a part of Navarro’s Old Vine Zinfandel.

Crisis control

elivering fully-ripe Zinfandel to Navarro in would determine a sizeable portion of their 2011 2011 wasn’t easy. A series of storms in the income. Ed Berry has a perfect site for Zinfandel Dfirst week of October created crummy grow- and he had two blocks of 65-year-old vines with ing conditions and Zinfandel, with its tight clusters, deliciously ripe fruit. He sprang into action and is especially prone to rot. We only had a few days lined up a crew right after we phoned and har- warning of the impending storm. We quickly harvested vested his two best lots. Al Tollini’s best field was any of Navarro’s fields that were ripe and we advised ripe, but he decided to wait until the last minute our red wine-grape growers in the Russian River Val- before the storm to squeeze the last little bit of ley to do the same. “If the ripeness out of his 80-year-old vines. This wine is fruit is ripe, get it harvested Harvested Sept.20-Oct.1,‘11 a testament to the doggedly hard work of these before the storm!” Farming Sugars at harvest 26.8° Brix two growers; the old-vine Zin we produce from is all about crisis manage- Bottled Aug. 30, 2012 their grapes is as intense and full of character as ment and most experienced Cases produced 341 are the farmers who tended the vines. The fruit farmers have seen storms Alcohol 15.4% was destemmed, fermented in open-top tanks for and have lost crops before. Titratable acidity 6.7 g/L two weeks then the must was pressed and the They are well aware that pH 3.78 wine aged in French oak barrels for 10 months; their performance dur- Price (750 ml) $27.00 gutsy with intimations of wild blackberries, tea ing just two days of grace and black figs. Gold Medal winner. Pennyroyal Cheese Anderson Valley, Mendocino

All of our cheeses are made within hours of milking, which is part of the wizardry of Pennyroyal.

Pennyroyal Farm kicked off 2014 with kudos in both the Los Angeles Times and the San Francisco Chronicle.

Cheese wiz

or cheese lovers, whose childhood memories months and are complex and yummy. unfortunately include yellow goop which Pennyroyal’s Farm to Table Program is F squirted out of a pressurized can, it is some- the best way to taste handmade, local, PENNYROYAL’S times a surprise to learn that cheese, real cheese, is seasonal cheeses delivered overnight at Farm to Table Program a seasonal product. Pennyroyal Farm is Navarro their peak of flavor. As a member, five Vineyard’s sister farm in Boonville. Between the times a year you will receive a selection $199.00 Delivered!* end of February and the end of March, about two of three seasonal cheeses with a com- GUARANTEED FARM FRESH! hundred kids and sixty lambs will be delivered in bined weight of about 1 3/4 pounds. Pennyroyal’s barn. To maintain the vigor of our We pack cheeses with cold packs in The annual cost of a five-shipment insulated containers, and ship using flocks, we do not milk in January and February Pennyroyal Farm to Table Program is one-day service. Five times a year it or the beginning of March. Our first fresh cheese, $199, about a 20% discount off retail. will arrive at your home or office Laychee, will not be available until mid-March The next Farm to Table shipment goes fresh from the farm. Guaranteed! and our surface ripened Bollie’s Mollies will not be out at the end of March. To join, you *Northern California: $199.00 ready until two weeks later. During the dry months, can put a note on the enclosed order West of the Rockies: $269.00 Pennyroyal’s Vintage and Reserve Boont Corners form, sign up on line at www.Penny- East of the Rockies: $299.00

remain available; three pound rounds have been royalFarm.com or give Navarro’s staff Cheese and wine must be shipped separately! carefully aging on wooden planks for four to ten a phone call.