11/11/2022 0 Comments Tor wine black magic price![]() ![]() This is so incredibly drinkable now but will age for years to come. ![]() This bottling to be is a fantastic example of the old phrase ‘iron fist in a velvet glove’. The 2018 Vine Hill Ranch Cabernet is as it has always been a pure expression of Vine Hill Ranch. Matured in a mix of Taransaud and Darnajou small French oak barrels for twenty months, then bottled without fining or filtration. Classic TOR Winemaking, this wine is an extraordinary display of Napa Valley Cabernet. In some years, “Black Magic” has been shaped in this vineyardīlock 7 is the gravelliest block in Vine Hill Ranch, with mature vines planted around twenty years ago, giving a wine of singular structure, depth and definition. Always curious, we love to co-ferment the Cabernet and Petit Verdot from this great site. ![]() We now work with their son, Bruce Phillips, in Block 7, where we have an acre of old vine Cabernet Sauvignon and 3D, just beneath the Bond Vecina block, with just over an acre of Cabernet Sauvignon and just under an acre of Petit Verdot. The vineyard was first planted in 1884 and is a perfect site for Bordeaux varietals. He knew its early stewards, Bob and Alex Phillips, who bought the vineyard in 1959 and made it one of Napa Valley’s stars in the 80’s and 90’s. This vineyard is part of Tor’s 40-year history in the Napa Valley. Jeff Ames is the head winemaker and the team adhere to the same, simple rule- ‘the vineyard is what we showcase, not a heavy winemaker’s hand’.Įach wine is nurtured from vine to bottle, unfiltered and unfined. The TOR wine making team has been together since the beginning. Their secret? To stay out of the way, not to manipulate-to preserve a place in time and capture it in a bottle. Each wine is handmade and bottled in very small quantities. TOR Wines focus on single-vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon, Chardonnay wines and Bordeaux varietals. The plan was simple the wines would come from only the best blocks in the best vineyard sites that he knew and revered. Founder Tor Kenward spent four decades distilling what makes a wine extraordinary.įrom the advice of knowledgeable mentors in Robert Mondavi, André Tchelistcheff and Warren Winiarski, to name but a few, travelling to Europe’s most renowned vineyards and talking and tasting with other winemakers, Tor refined his craft.įinally, once he when he had honed his craft, he founded TOR Wines. ![]()
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