A is for Atlas Peak

It's springtime at the winery, and business as usual in the cellar.

If you've been following the blog, diligently I am sure, you saw in mid-February we were racking the 2008 wines; it's been nearly three months and the wines have been sleeping soundly and aging quite nicely, it would seem, in their casks.

While the cellar and lab staff tend to the wines back at the winery, our fearless leader, VP Winemaker Darren Procsal, and company, PR Director Tony Lombardi, hit the road to show off some current release wine and give a sneak peek at what we've been up to these past few months.

This past Monday the guys could be found at the San Francisco Bently Reserve for California Cabernet Society's Spring Barrel Tasting. They were on hand pouring the 2004 Napa Valley Cabernet, along with a 2008 barrel sample, for a capacity crowd of trade, media and consumers. The wines received numerous compliments from On/Off premise Sommeliers and wine buyers on the quality and value of our current vintage. And as if that wasn't enough to make us all proud, Drinkhacker.com blogged about the event and rates the Atlas Peak 2008 barrel sample of a single Cabernet Sauvignon block from Stagecoach Vineyard an A-.

Read the full recap at:

http://www.drinkhacker.com/2009/05/05/tasting-report-2008-california-cabernet-sauvignon-barrel-samples/

So, in short, I'd like to thank all the people who made this possible, good work team Atlas Peak!

I suggest we celebrate with a glass of Cabernet!

Cheers,

Anna Clifford
Assistant Winemaker
Atlas Peak

PS. To see more about this event and the organization that sponsored it, visit: http://www.californiacabernetsociety.com/.