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Vintage:

2019

Winemaker:

Christine Barbe

Appellation:

Napa Valley

Cases Produced:

250

Composition:

100% Sauvignon Blanc

2021 Toquade Sauvignon Blanc, Napa Valley, California (750ml)   


Tiny production, but a staff and customer favorite for multiple vintges in a row. Crisp, refreshing, zero oak. Organically farmed vineyard. Toquade 2019 is the 14th vintage of a single vineyard organic, dry-farmed in Yountville Napa Valley. The vineyard is located next to the Napa River, where the soil is nutrient rich, with a good water holding capacity making it an excellent terroir for Sauvignon Blanc.

We will let Christine Barbe tell her story ~ "Toquade" is the French word for "craze" or "infatuation." 
I chose "Toquade" as the name of my wine because I have had a passion for Sauvignon blanc for many years. "Toquade" is also the story of my winemaking life, which began in 1991 in my hometown, Bordeaux. At that time, I was a doctoral student at Bordeaux Institute of Enology, and was making wine at Château Carbonnieux and La Louvière in Pessac-Léognan.  For the next five years, I worked with people in Bordeaux who were passionate about Sauvignon Blanc. From them, I learned how to taste Sauvignon Blanc grapes as they ripen to determine when to harvest the grapes to maximize the aroma and flavor of the wine.

In 1996, graduated with a Ph.D in Enology and Viticulture,  I came to California, where I did winemaking and viticulture research at Robert Mondavi, Gallo, and Trinchero wineries. During these years I learned to apply the winemaking training I received in France to the grapes of California.

"Toquade" is the result of what I learned about bringing the flavors inherent in the grape to the wine in the glass during my 15 years of experimentation and winemaking in France and California.

 

Vintage:

2019

Winemaker:

Christine Barbe

Appellation:

Napa Valley

Cases Produced:

250

Composition:

100% Sauvignon Blanc