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This barrel fermented blend of 60 % Semillon, 40% Sauvignon Blanc is made in the style of a traditional white Graves from Bordeaux. The grapes for this wine are sourced from our low yielding vines located on the Silverado Trail in the Oak Knoll area. "Seta" is Italian for silk, which appropriately describes this lush silky blend of these two noble varietals.
Tasting Notes
This full bodied wine has a spicy nose offering hints of passion fruit, peach, pear, and honeydew melon. Crisp flavors of fresh fruit balance the rich vanilla and mineral overtones. The long juicy finish lingers with aftertastes of vanilla and pear. Drinkability: 2007-2015.
Winemaking Notes
The wine was 100% barrel-fermented to enhance the fruit's unusually rich and complex flavors. After whole-cluster pressing, the juice was racked into 26 % new French oak barrels for primary fermentation induced by native yeasts. The entire lot remained on the lees for 10 months before racking, blending and bottling. Tonnelleries: Francois Freres, Damy, Seguin Moreau. Oak types: Allier, Vosges, and Troncais.
Vineyard Notes
The fruit for this wine comes from our vineyard near the Napa River in the Oak Knoll district. Bordering the Stags Leap District, this vineyard is dry-farmed and closely monitored during the growing season. Significant vineyard management techniques include vertical trellising, cluster thinning and leaf removal. Our goal is to attain the proper balance between fruit production and vine growth.
2007 Harvest Report
2007 looks to be a stunning vintage despite a few surprises during the growing season. The year began with dry days and very cold nights. As the spring came upon the Napa Valley, warmer days and only 60% of the normal precipitation resulted in an early bud break. As summer progressed, temperatures rarely passed the 100 degree mark, but it did spike over Labor Day weekend. However, this only helped to boost the sugar development we were looking for to complement the excellent acid structure seen the grapes. According to Pierre Birebent, the 2007 vintage should be a very good year.
