Current Vintages
Esprit de Beaucastel 2005
Esprit de Beaucastel Blanc 2006
Rosé 2007
Côtes de Tablas 2005
Côtes de Tablas Blanc 2006
Roussanne 2006
Grenache Blanc 2006
Mourvedre 2005
Syrah 2005
Panoplie 2005*
Counoise 2005*
Viognier 2006*
Vermentino 2006*
Picpoul Blanc 2005*
Antithesis Chardonnay 2006*
Tannat 2004*
Vin de Paille 2005*
Vin de Paille "Quintessence" 2004*
Vin de Paille "Sacrerouge" 2005*
Recent Vintages
Esprit de Beaucastel 2004
Esprit de Beaucastel Blanc 2005
Rosé 2006
Côtes de Tablas 2004
Côtes de Tablas Blanc 2005
Panoplie 2004*
Roussanne 2005
Grenache Blanc 2005
Mourvedre 2004
Syrah 2004
Esprit de Beaucastel 2003
Esprit de Beaucastel Blanc 2004
Antithesis Chardonnay 2005*
Vermentino 2005*
Rosé 2005
Grenache Blanc 2004
Roussanne 2004
Viognier 2004*
Vin de Paille 2004*
Vin de Paille "Sacrerouge" 2003*
Esprit de Beaucastel Blanc 2003
Rosé 2004
Côtes de Tablas 2003
Côtes de Tablas Blanc 2004
Roussanne 2003
Mourvedre 2003
Syrah 2003
Panoplie 2003*
Tannat 2003*
Vermentino 2003*
Picpoul Blanc 2003*
Tannat 2002*
Vin de Paille 2003*
Vin de Paille "Quintessence" 2003*
Glenrose Vineyard 2002*
Esprit de Beaucastel 2002
Esprit de Beaucastel Blanc 2002
Rosé 2003
Côtes de Tablas 2002
Côtes de Tablas Blanc 2003
Panoplie 2002*
Roussanne 2002
Côtes de Tablas 2001
Rosé 2002
Côtes de Tablas Blanc 2002
Esprit de Beaucastel 2000
Esprit de Beaucastel Blanc 2001
Côtes de Tablas 2000
Rosé 2001
Panoplie 2000*
Reserve Cuvée 1999
Petite Cuvée 1999*
Clos Blanc 2000
Antithesis 2000*
Rosé 2000
Rouge 1998
Blanc 1999
Rosé 1999
Rouge 1997
Blanc 1998
* Available Winery/Internet Only
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 vine selections similar to Beaucastel. Natural 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 Blanc a forceful statement of its outstanding terroir.
TECHNICAL NOTES
51% Mourvèdre
35% Grenache Noir
14% Counoise
14% alcohol by volume
76 cases produced
To make this 1999 rosé wine, Tablas Creek Vineyard maintained skin contact of destemmed French vine Mourvèdre, Grenache Noir and Counoise grapes for 72 hours in a stainless steel fermenter. The fermenting juice was then drawn off to continue its fermentation in 225 liter French oak barrels. The blend of grapes is predominantly Mourvèdre and therefore more like the solid, dry rosés of Bandol than Grenache based Tavel. It boasts a moderately dark rosé color and a well developed bouquet of ripe strawberries. It is rich, ripe and full of fruit on the palate and has a nice long finish - a serious wine for all seasons.
Tablas Blanc 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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