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The objective
for Domaine Valeta, our second vineyard, was to get colder
to allow the grapes more "hang time" before harvest to further concentrate
the wine. Domaine Valeta resides at the 2,300-foot crest of the Santa
Cruz Mountains, overlooking Silicon Valley. We typically harvest the
grapes at Domaine Valeta two weeks later than those at Domaine du
Docteur Rodgers and get wines that are darker in color, more tannic
and more perfumy than those from Domaine du Docteur Rodgers. The first
wine (2002) from Domaine Valeta will not be released until late 2005
or 2006, in order to get some bottle-age on this big Pinot Noir.
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