The Vines
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The Wines
Our Bradford Mountain vineyards are 1000 feet above sea level, with soil resembling the Terra
Rossa of Tuscany. Small berries and low grape yields, combined with cool foggy nights and hot
sunny days, contribute to wines with concentrated flavors and aromas -- of ripe dark cherry and
blackberry in the Zinfandel, and with green olives and leather joining the fruit in the Super Tuscan
style Cabernet Sauvignon. This terroir produces grapes with excellent acidity, resulting in wines
naturally balanced between each varietal's fruity and more earthy characteristics.
Rossa of Tuscany. Small berries and low grape yields, combined with cool foggy nights and hot
sunny days, contribute to wines with concentrated flavors and aromas -- of ripe dark cherry and
blackberry in the Zinfandel, and with green olives and leather joining the fruit in the Super Tuscan
style Cabernet Sauvignon. This terroir produces grapes with excellent acidity, resulting in wines
naturally balanced between each varietal's fruity and more earthy characteristics.
The name "LeVois" has a New Orleans French connection. My father was born on a bayou and raised
in the French Quarter. In New Orleans he learned at an early age that a glass of wine was part of
every dinner. He passed that tradition on to his sons. This history has influenced the style of the
Estate grown LeVois Vineyards wine - above all food friendly, meaning supple and balanced, not hot
or over-extracted.
I have been a home winemaker making wine for my friends and family for 20 years. In 1992, I started
looking for a favorably situated mountainside parcel where I could grow my own grapes. I found it on
a ridge with a Southern exposure overlooking Healdsburg and Dry Creek Valley. The combination of
elevation, exposure, and red acidic soil produces wines that are fruity, elegant, and complex. I
terraced the hillsides, planted and tended the vines, and sold most of my grapes.
After a decade of watching the wines made from LeVois Vineyards fruit win awards, in 2005 I decided
to keep my grapes and make my own commercial wine. The LeVois Zinfandel and Cabernet
Sauvignon are very supple, spicy, fruit forward wines, with balanced tannins and acid structure that
make them very suitable for aging. Whether you drink them now or put them back you will be happy
with the result.
LeVois Vineyards
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The LeVois 2005 Zinfandel is SOLD OUT.
