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Winemaker Allison Tauziet describes the Colgin 2008s as "concentrated, refined wines that started out very firmly structured. During elevage, we had to build their middle palates. Now they are gaining weight in bottle." In contrast, she went on, the 2009s "were voluptuous from the beginning. Their tannins are easier and they will be approachable early." Limited rackings are done here, and Tauziet told me that the 2009s gained in richness and sweetness from lees contact, as most of the vintage wasn't racked until more than a year after the harvest (the 2008s were racked just twice prior to being bottled in July of 2010). The 2009 harvest was spread out over a full month, from the second week of September through the second week of October, she went on, while the 2008 harvest was over by the end of September. One of the keys to preserving quality in 2008, she said, was to declassify a lot of the early-picked merlot that was affected by heat spikes in late August and early September.

From Focus on California's North Coast (May 2011) by Stephen Tanzer

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