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SOL ROUGE CABERNET SAUVIGNON   From high elevation RED SOIL        Always looking for ultra severe viticulture!

Dear Friend,   I am always looking for high elevation, ultra extreme viticulture sites!  Where the vines struggle to find any form of precipitation, drainage is a sieve, temperatures range in the low-to-high extremes, and although photosynthesis thrives in the brighter light, the grapes are smaller and yields are miniscule.  The results of such stressful conditions, if the vines survive, are intensely flavored, concentrated and structured wines. No whimps!   I have always been fascinated by red earth, so Mars (above) would be an ideal setting!!  But alas, not in my life time.  Here in Northern California, the secret is now out!  At the far northernly reach of the Mayacamas range, separating Napa from Sonoma, is the Red Hills AVA where a veritable gold rush for vineyard development has recently taken place.  Yes, there is rich "RED GOLD" in these rugged mountainous hills of decomposing volcanic rock.  And when you experience the depth of flavor and firm tannic foundation of these fledgling wines you know why great excitement is being generated by them.    I introduced you to the 2004 Obsidian Ridge from Red Hills.  NOW, meet Sol Rouge ("red soil" en Francais), a seventy acre, all hillside estate of tightly spaced varietals....exposed on some slopes up to 60 degrees at an elevation of 1800 feet.  We let the premiere release of the 2006 Cabernet Sauvignon Red Hills rest in a decanter for 3 hours, before unleashing it on an unsuspecting three inch thick slab, bone-in, char grilled, then slow roasted Angus ribeye last Sunday evening.  Overpowering? No!  Forceful?  Yes, but seductively so....This young wine knows how to get its own way!  More horseradish please!  Aged in French oak for 18 months, and racked but once, the bold and richly concentrated black fruits are bolstered by an underpinning of firm tannins.  Hints of black licorice, dark chocolate, soy, cedar, and dried nicoise olive dart about.    An expansive finish lingers.  Oh, it so nice to drink a Cabernet Sauvignon that helps to define why this grape is considered KING!          Sol Rouge is the vested project of winemaker Bryan Kane and his wife Jill.  Bryan's non-interventionist approach to winemaking is designed to showcase specific vineyard site terroir. There is no doubt Brian is on track as his 2005 Sol Rouge Cabernet Sauvignon, composed from grapes purchased from Beckstoffer's Napa Valley To Kalon and Dr. Crane Vineyards, was recently named "Best of Appellation Award" by Appellation America.  Sorry, this wine is completely sold out.    However, Wine X Magazine just rated the 2006 Cabernet Sauvignon from Red Hills 95/100 points.  Don't delay your order as only 200 cases were produced....and Bryan and Jill are not being that generous!!  For more information go to www.pr.com/press-release/88187 .   OH!  SURPRISE!!  SHOULD BE $32 A BOTTLE.       NOW....    2006 SOL ROUGE CABERNET SAUVIGNON, RED HILLS AVA, LAKE COUNTY - $29.95 A BOTTLE.     . ORDER BY REPLYING DIRECTLY TO THIS NEWSLETTER, OR CONTACT US BELOW. The Wine Consultant   Eric Stumpf Renee Kroeger.   8039 Greenback Lane Citrus Heights, CA  95610 (916) 721-WINE (9463) www.TheWineConsultant.com

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