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2003 Firebelle

Wine Details
Place of Origin

United States

Napa

Color

Red

Grape/Blend

Bordeaux Blend

Vintages
20192018201720162015201420132012201120102009200820072006200520042003
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The 140-acre Larkmead property, one of Napa Valley 's largest remaining family operations, is located on Larkmead Lane between St. Helena and Calistoga.It offers a wide range of soil types well-suited to Bordeaux red varieties, according to winemaker Andy Smith.The portion of the property planted on an old river basin atop 200 feet of gravel is an ideal spot for low-yielding cabernet (this fruit has been purchased by David Ramey and Jayson Pahlmeyer, among others), while gravel and clay with red volcanic topsoil gives an irony minerality to the estate's merlot.On the eastern side of the NapaRiver there's more classic valley floor loam, which yields dense, full-bodied petit verdot, malbec and cabernet franc.Smith told me that the 2002 and 2003 vintages produced wines here with similar tannic structure.The 2002s possess more buffering extract, he added, but the 2003s may be purer and more precise.