Cliff Lede Vineyards, Napa Valley, 075ltr.
Cliff Lede Vineyards (pronounced “LayDee”) was founded in 2002 on the site of what used to be S. Anderson Vineyard; in 1971, Stanley (a Pasadena dentist) and Carol (winemaker) Anderson (both now deceased) purchased 28 acres of land and by 1979 they had built a winery and began producing sparkling wines with their first release in 1983 – partly with using Chardonnay planted on site. Over the years, the name S. Anderson became synonymous with fine sparkling wines. Owner, Cliff Lede is from Leduc, Alberta (a small town just south of Edmonton), Canada.
the vineyard Stags Leap
Cliff Lede owns 60 acres of vineyards in the Stags Leap District; this includes the Twin Peaks Vineyard surrounding the winery and tasting room (named for the two prominent hills rising from the valley floor, referred to in geological terms as toe slopes). The Poetry Vineyard, formerly the Richard Chambers Vineyard, was acquired a year after Cliff Cliff founded Lede Vineyards. It is planted on steep slopes that extend all the way to the Silverado Trail – all to red Bordeaux varieties (mostly Cabernet Sauvignon). The soils here are extremely rocky – and it was a challenge to plant; during replanting, some vines took 5 to 6 years to produce enough fruit to use (on the valley floor, 3 years more is a standard). Despite being so close to the Poetry Vineyard, the soils in the Twin Peaks Vineyard are dramatically different – being gravelly loam – deeper and richer.
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