Every growing season imparts a unique experience on the journey from bud break to harvest. Consider our Tradition Sauvignon Blanc for 2008 and 2009, each spaced apart by a single year, and yet, each yield an experience uniquely their own.
For 2009, we increased the irrigation in Kick Ranch while maintaining the same pruning as in 2008. [...]
By Dylan Klymenko
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Also posted in Vineyard
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Tagged "Tradition", 2008, 2009, a difference in tradition, bud break, Fallen Leaf, harvest, kick ranch, Rooster Vineyard, Sauvignon Blanc, volcanic soil
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The days are longer and warmer, so our sleepy vineyards are waking up. Little bits of green growth are appearing on the brown vines. We call that new growth bud-break. It’s a very exciting time of year for us becuase it means that the farming season is just starting. But it’s also stressful becuase we [...]
A few times each decade our extreme elevation vineyard gets a dusting of snow. Today, March 31, 2010, was one of those dates! Fortunately, only one of our blocks of vineyards has any growth - known as bud break. So, it’s really more of a novelty for us, and something fun to see. There wasn’t [...]
These six words are the path to truly experiencing a wine. Each step confesses a layer for the senses—the way light hits the liquid, illuminating its true colors; the way unknown aromas receive names upon inhalation; how subtle flavors seemingly paint the palate alive—all this culminates in our understanding of that wine, which is exactly [...]
By Dylan Klymenko
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Also posted in The Captûre Team
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Tagged "Tradition", benjamin sharp, blind, Captûre, competitive, Denis Malbec, in vino veritas, May-Britt Malbec, Sauvignon Blanc, savor, see, sip, sniff, spit, swirl, tara sharp, Tasting
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November 27, 2009 – 2:06 pm
We harvest at night or very early in the morning in order to make sure our grapes are as cool as possible. Then we bring them into the winery to go through cold soak maceration. Those steps are meant to impede the fermentation process until all of the crop has been distributed to its specific [...]
November 24, 2009 – 9:49 pm
Barrels are more than wooden containers, they are vessels for the quality aging of wine. Selecting the appropriate barrel vendors and toast can make the difference between a rousing success and a complete disaster. It’s a trying task, one countered only by years of experience, something our team can provide with confidence.
For weeks, Benjamin Sharp [...]
By Dylan Klymenko
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Tagged 2009 vintage, balancing barrels, barrels, benjamin sharp, boutes, Denis Mablec, ermitage, fouquet, Program, radoux, taransaud
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October 10, 2009 – 3:36 pm
It’s the kind of stuff you would never want in your wine. Aside from clearing out grapes that are still too green or slightly over-ripe, our 10-person line has the critical task of removing Material Other Than Grapes or MOTG. This material can include items such as leaves, twigs, and occasionally vineyard critters the likes [...]
Greetings Readers of Our Wine Story. This is the continuation in a series of posts dedicated to an interview held with Captûre’s winemasters Denis and May-Britt Malbec. We hope this series will allow you an eye-opening view into our winemasters’ origins, opinions, and passions for wine.
Denis, the Captûre bottles have a raised punt. Why have the [...]
By Dylan Klymenko
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Tagged aging, barrel, Bordeaux, bottle, Captûre Wines, château latour, coopers, Denis Mablec, deposit, forest, France, May-Britt Mablec, medium toast, oak barrels, punt, recipe, shape
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March 13, 2009 – 11:11 am
Friday, March 13th marks the bottling of our Sauvignon Blanc and the realization of grapes I had seen start merely as buds. Our lives are much different from the ones grapes lead as we don’t necessarily have one realizing moment that everyone drives us to achieve. But, when that moment arrives in our lives, whatever [...]
By Dylan Klymenko
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Tagged 1855, 550 cases, Bottled Emotions, Captûre, château latour, cheers, circumflex, Denis Malbec, mailing list, May-Britt Malbec, Pine Mountain, pioneer, sauvginon blac, spirit, Tara, Tin Cross, wines
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November 27, 2008 – 10:29 am
‘Earn your stripes’ is a saying deep rooted in hard work and perseverance. These stripes are used as a symbol of recognition, a high honor worn by America’s fighting men and women, which can only be earned through their experience–one would never expect this symbol applies to time-tested barrels as well.
Most barrels start off with [...]
By Dylan Klymenko
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Tagged barrel, barrels, cask, earn, hard work, honor, oaks, perseverance, purple, steel bands, stripes, swelling, tastings, wood
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