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Passalacqua Winery1437 visitors
| Passalacqua Winery is family owned and operated in the historic Dry Creek Valley. Our handcrafted wines are available at our winery and tasting room on Lambert Bridge Road. | Healdsburg, CA
Phone: (877) 825-5547
Website: http://www.passalacquawinery.com
Appellation: Dry Creek Valley
Map to Passalacqua Winery
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Sauvignon Blanc
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2006 Sauvignon Blanc
Alexander Valley
Kiwi, lychee, figs and melon aromas spill over edge of the glass and entice one to taste. Ripe flavors of melon and grapefruit follow a smooth entry. The finish is a subtle floral ... morewith an intriguing exotic spice.
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Chardonnay
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2006 Chardonnay
Dry Creek Valley
This wine was fermented slowly at low temperatures to allow for complete development and to retain the fermentation bouquet and the wonderful fruit and floral flavors of chardonnay ... more were expressed: citrus flower, quava, kumquat, lychee, and sliced green apple.
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Chardonnay
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2006 Barrel Fermented Chardonnay
Dry Creek Valley
French oak from Tonnellerie Cadus in Burgundy and “sur lie” aging give this wine a delicate toastiness that marries perfectly with the fruit and lends a creamy texture to the wine ... moreand a long smooth hazelnut finish.
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Zinfandel
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2006 Primitivo
Dry Creek Valley, Lavender Hill Vineyard
The first significant yield from this young mountain vineyard, it’s plush and rich and shows beautiful potential, with a medium weight on the palate and no jarring tannins. The fru ... moreit is reminiscent of wild blackberries with hints of raspberry, and the oak is subtle and tinged with smoke and vanilla. There’s also a nuance of black pepper as you savor the long, smooth finish.
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Zinfandel
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2005 Zinfandel
Dry Creek Valley, Maple Vineyard
From head trained vines on the Eastern bench of the Dry Creek Valley, the Maple Vineyard is a mix of Zinfandel, Petite Sirah, and Carignane. Aromas of raspberry licorice and French ... more oak, with a smooth texture. A faint white pepper overlays the fruit character of this very bold Zin.
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Zinfandel
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2006 Zinfandel
Russian River Valley
The long hang time of this vintage yields a mincemeat pie fruit that benefits from a mixture of oak types: American oak in preponderance for its vanilla, French oak for its spicy c ... moreinnamon and nutmeg, and Hungarian oak for its roasty, smokey notes.
Great color with a straightforward dried cherry and fresh ground pepper nose make this a very appealing food wine. This is a mouth filling, full textured Zin that will age well for 3 to 5 years.
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Zinfandel
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2005 Zinfandel
Sonoma County
A veritable Zinfandel stew, this wine is a blend of appellations with each appellation contributing uniquely to the blend ~ Raspberry jam & black pepper from Dry Creek Valley, crus ... morehed strawberry-cherry from Russian River Valley, and luscious raspberry-cherry from Alexander Valley.
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Zinfandel
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2005 Old Vine Zinfandel
Dry Creek Valley
A field blend of Zinfandel, Carignane, Petite Sirah, and Alicante Bouchet, this wine was aged in Hungarian oak to intensify the spice and black pepper characteristics. A big, chewy ... more, succulent Zin for robust food.
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Zinfandel
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2005 Estate Zinfandel
Dry Creek Valley
The fruit is an amalgam of dark, soft ripe berry and flavors of plums. The wine is smooth and sensual on the tongue and shows a subtle touch of black pepper that overlays the toast ... morey blend of American and French oak barrels used for aging.
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Cabernet Sauvignon
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2003 Cabernet Sauvignon
Dry Creek Valley
Aged for two years in Seguin-Moreau Chateau barrels, flavors of currants and black cherries/blackberries predominate with nuances of spicy cigar box and cedar. The wine is medium w ... moreeight on the palate, with smooth tannins and a long, mocha finish. Ageability: 6-10 years.
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Cabernet Sauvignon
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2004 Cabernet Sauvignon
Dry Creek Valley, Lavender Hill Vineyard
Aged in new French oak from Tonnellerie Berger, a small cooperage in Bordeaux, this wine shows aromas of dried cherry, plum, leather and cigar box spice, with well balanced acidity ... more, lively fruit by mouth with a chewy mid-mouth and pleasant mocha/oak finish.
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Cabernet Sauvignon
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2004 Cabernet Sauvignon Blocks 18 & 19
Dry Creek Valley
Blocks 18 & 19, two contiguous blocks at the eastern edge of the Passalacqua vineyard called the bowl, were blended to produce this classic Cabernet. Slightly tilted east, grapes a ... morere harvested exclusively from the east side of the vines and on the south facing slope.
Grapes from this “bowl” exhibit classic Cabernet flavors of cassis, dark berry and black cherry. Fruit flavors are forward and well integrated with the wonderful toast and subtle vanillin of the Taransaud French barrels.
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Cabernet Sauvignon
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2002 Cabernet Sauvignon
Dry Creek Valley
A tremendous young Cabernet from the Passalacqua Ranch, overlooking the Dry Creek Valley. This is a dense, chewy red wine with fully integrated and mouth coating tannins wrapped ar ... moreound a core of luscious berry fruit. Full of concentrated flavors, with blackberry and cassis wedded to oak toast. The finish is long, with subtle fruit aromatics that persist as the oak fades to mocha and coffee. Enjoyable at release but worthy of cellaring if you have the patience.
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Updated on June 11, 2008
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