After years of searching, Robert Haas (Vineyard Brands) and the Perrins (Château de Beaucastel) found the perfect site for their new estate in the steep and stony hills west of Paso Robles. Tablas Creek Vineyard was conceived with similar vine selections to the Beaucastel Domaine. Organic farming techniques in the vineyard allow our grapes to be the purest expression of the warm climate and the calcareous clay soils in which they grow. Fermenting with native yeasts and selective blending of the varietals, as practiced by Beaucastel for 150 years, allow the wine to best express its rich and elegant esthetic qualities. We have left no stone unturned in our effort to make Tablas Creek Vineyard Petite Cuvée a forceful statement of its outstanding terroir.

TECHNICAL NOTES
65 % Grenache
25% Syrah
10% Mourvèdre
15.2% alcohol by volume
260 cases produced

Tablas Creek Vineyard's Petite Cuvée is made from grapes grown on the rugged limestone-clay soils chosen by Robert Haas and the Perrin family of Château de Beaucastel when they founded Tablas Creek Vineyard in west Paso Robles. The vineyard is cultivated without the use of herbicides or systemic pesticides.

In the process of making their Reserve Cuvée in the image of Château de Beaucastel, some lots of wine are set aside. This Petite Cuvée is a blend of those lots; fermented in classic style using only native yeasts. It is delightfully and intensely fruity and sooner ready to drink than the Reserve Cuvée. Tablas Creek Vineyard Petite Cuvée is estate bottled from vines grown on the Tablas Creek Vineyard Estate, cultivated without the use of herbicides or systemic pesticides. Only hand hoeing, cover crops, mulch, scorching and mowing are used for weed control. Natural predatory insects, "Bordeaux Mixture" and sulfur control pests and fungi.

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Reviews

The Wine Advocate (Issue 139)

This wine is available only at the Tablas Creek Vineyard Winery or online in the TCV Wine Shop.