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"My grandfather, Guido Ragghianti, an Italian immigrant, taught me how to make wine as a little boy. I follow all of the old world winemaking techniques handed down by him, using his old tools and a 100-year old basket press."
– Robert M. Fanucci, Owner and Winemaker | St. Helena, CA
Phone: 707-963-2298
Website: http://www.charteroakwine.com
Appellation: St. Helena
Map to Charter Oak Winery
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Zinfandel
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2006 Monte Rosso Hillside Zinfandel
Sonoma Valley
From vineyard planted during Grover Cleveland’s first term in the 1880s, this wine offers luscious blackberry and wild raspberry with loads of exotic spices and indigenous brambl ... moree, and is elegant in style with a smooth blackberry satin finish. This is a bold Zinfandel of massive proportions. Yields were approximately 1.5 ton per acre. Aged exclusively in French oak burgundy barrels. Big, black & balanced. Only 275 cases produced.
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Zinfandel
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2006 Zinfandel/Petite Sirah Blend
Napa Valley
This is a big, thick, juicy, jammy blackberry-scented Napa Zin, including fruit from Charter Oak vineyard, with layers of lush fruit and well-integrated toasty French oak. Blended ... morewith Old Vine Petite Sirah, from the historic David Fulton Vineyard in St. Helena for added muscle and Zinfandel from the famed Monte Rosso vineyard for added spice. This is black balanced ooze in a glass with a silky and satin finish. Aged exclusively in French oak burgundy barrels. Only 400 cases produced.
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Petite Sirah
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2006 Old Vine Napa Valley Petite Sirah
Napa Valley
Tons of ripe raspberry and blackberry, dark chocolate, and a black-cherry center. The fruit is sourced from the historic David Fulton vineyard in St. Helena planted over 80 years a ... morego and blended with Old Vine Monte Rosso Zinfandel, which gives the wine a black cherry finish. Only 125 cases.
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Cabernet Sauvignon
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2005 Mount Veeder Cabernet Sauvignon
Mt. Veeder
The 2005 Cabernet Sauvignon is made from grapes grown high a top Mount Veeder at an elevation of 1,442 feet. Monster Cabernet - inky dark, blackberry cherry. Only 35 cases produced.
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Cabernet Sauvignon
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2003 Cabernet Sauvignon
Napa Valley
The 2003 Cabernet Sauvignon is a blend of wines made from grapes grown in the Diamond Mountain and Oakville appellations. The intensity of the hillside fruit and the elegance of th ... moree valley floor fruit yield a robust wine of massive proportions. Inky dark ruby in color, with notes of blackberry and cassis in the nose, the wine has huge ripe fruit and is mount filling with a long broad finish. Aged exclusively in French oak barrels. Only 50 cases remaining and drinks like silk now that the mountain tannins have mellowed.
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Updated on June 24, 2008
CrazyAboutWine recommends contacting Charter Oak Winery at http://www.charteroakwine.com or calling 707-963-2298 to verify the winery's location.
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