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inglenookThis historic estate and trademark has been re-established with wines manufactured underneath the former Rubicon Estate banner now remaining created below the Inglenook banner by Francis Ford Coppola. This began as a compact operation when film director Coppola very first grew to become involved in winegrowing, but there is now a sizeable output via the Francis Coppola Winery in the Sonoma Valley at Healdsburg. An considerable variety is released there. Beneath the Sofia label you’ll find approachable sparklers, the Rosso & Bianco label is for each day reds and whites, when the Diamond Series is a variety of red and white varietals sourced all through the state and frequently taking the California appellation. These are straightfoward, reputable, fruit-driven wines and nicely priced. The Directors Minimize series is a phase up with a little selection of wines from Sonoma County and there is an supplemental variety below the Francis Coppola Reserve label. Two even more reds are also made, a Bordeaux blend Archimedes and Eleanor which combines an interesting mix of Zinfandel, Petit Verdot, Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon and Petite Sirah from Rutherford and Alexander Valley sources. It is however the top Inglenook labels that genuinely impress. As properly as the wines listed below there is a compact manufacturing of RC Reserve Syrah and Sauvignon Blanc. Zinfandel Edizione Pennino is rich and potent with dense, brambly fruit. At the pinnacle there are two flagship wines. Blancaneaux is a blend of Roussanne, Marsanne and Viognier. Rubicon Inglenook Estate Winery is a pretty structured, firm and highly effective meritage red aged for 26 months in French oak and involves at least 6–7 years’ persistence. It is firmly established as one of Napa’s good reds. (DM)

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