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Charles Thomas, who was previously the winemaker at Rudd Estate, took over here in the spring of 2007. In recent years he has overseen a project to change the row direction of the vines and to tighten vine spacing. At Quintessa's winemaking facility, which opened for business in 2002, the work is done mostly by gravity and the fruit benefits from gentler handling. Thomas describes the 2010s as sweeter and more pliant than the 2011s. The newer vintage, he says, "is not a powerhouse but the wines have good density and aromatics that remind me of the 2005s." I was impressed by the newest vintage of Quintessa's sauvignon blanc, which highlights cooler vineyards in the southern reaches of Napa Valley and includes less than 10% fruit from the estate vineyards just inside the Silverado Trail between Rutherford and St. Helena.

From Annual Coverage of California's North Coast (May 2013) by Stephen Tanzer

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