Steele Wine Dinner at Café Maxx
Wednesday, November 7, 2012 - 06:30 PM
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"Come share the wine,
It's so nice and warm in here
we're happy and kind."
Come Share the Wine by Bing Crosby
Come and share the wine with us as you celebrate or sulk about the results of the election night in America. This is one of our most popular wine dinners and this is the only "annual" event that we have at Café Maxx. I think this is our 21st event with Jed Steele! Jed is one of our best friends in the wine business; his career has spanned the course of six decades in California beginning in 1969 at Stony Hill Winery in Napa Valley. Our first experience with Jed was in 1990 when he was plying his trade at Kendal Jackson winery. His mere presence is a bit intimidating at 6’6” but when you shake his hand you know he is a pussy cat at heart. He always brings some new and exciting wines for this dinner and if nothing else this dinner is a party with good friends. Make your reservations early for this one as we usually sell out the entire restaurant for the “Jed Heads”. Dinner is $85 + Tax + Gratuity, for reservations call 954-782-0606.

Jed Steele Wine Dinner at Cafe Maxx
November 7th, 2012
7pm
Pass Arounds
Oyster’s mignonette
Foie gras pate on apricot jam crostini
Lobster sausage with caviar beurre blanc
Grilled shrimp scampi skewers double basil garlic butter

Steele Shooting Star Blue Franc
Price: $18.00 Sale $15.84 Case $184
The wine is clean, crisp, and unpretentious with tons of fruit, including warm berry pie, complementing the traces of pepper, almond, cherry and cinnamon. Our Shooting Star Blue Franc has soft tannins, medium body, great color and is the perfect red wine to enjoy over the summer with any festive occasion.

Steele Shooting Star Sauvignon Blanc 2011
Price: $13.75 Sale $12.10 Case $141
The Sauvignon Blanc is a fresh, crisp wine with plenty of bright, lively fruit. It has notes of fig, melon, gooseberry and a hint of honey. On the palate, this “lip-smacking good” wine shows fresh grapefruit, gooseberry and tart lime, with a generous, crisp acidic finish.
First course
Lump crab and Wahoo spring roll with ginger-apple & Napa slaw passion fruit and sweet chili noac cham, shaved cucumber and micro greens

Steele Pinot Blanc Bien Nacido Vineyard Santa Barbara 2010
Price: $18.00 Sale $15.84 Case $184
The fruit from this area tends to have tropical fruit aromas and flavors, as well as peach and melon characteristics and we also find the hallmark green apple character common in Pinot Blanc. The nose is aromatic with a soft and creamy mid-palate.
Second course
Sterling beef carpaccio, basil and chive confetti, brown sugar walnut raisin croutons sundried cherries, shaved endive and watercress salad

Steele Writer's Block Pinot Noir 2009
Price: $16.50 Sale $14.52 Case $
There is no loss of words for this generous Pinot Noir from Santa Barbara. The dark brick hue of this wine prophesizes deep flavors that are sure to satiate the most fanatical of pinot pundits. Aromas of candied bing cherries, brown sugar and spice suggests that this wine is all Pinot Noir, but on the pallet the Writer’s Block Pinot Noir has more body and texture than typical Pinots. This wine offers up juicy cherry and raspberry flavors with hints of cinnamon and tobacco. The mouth feel is round and supple, and finishes with soft tannins.
Third course
Coffee & hickory chipotle dusted sea scallop and grill braised short rib mole charred sweet corn & chayote

Steele Outcast Lake County Red 2009
Price: $24.75 Sale $21.78 Case $253
The blend is 50% Syrah, 24% Zinfandel, 23% Petite Sirah, 9% Barbera and 3% Petite Verdot. This wine is from some of the best vineyard sites in Lake County. While the quality of grapes here has long been recognized by wine makers in Northern California, most of the top wines are still shipped out of the county to fuel the wines of its more popular neighbors wines. Producers like Steele feel that they have become the outcasts of California. This wine has an exotic bouquet of dark coco, toasty oak spice, espresso and dark plum, wild strawberry and red currant berry fruit on the nose very well endowed. Big and chewy on the tongue with an array of ripe berry and plum fruit, very fresh finishing with a firm underhand of acidity and a long finish very elegant and rich at the same time. Finish 50+ Most Excellent
Fourth course
Braised lamb osso bucco in philo purse over wild mushroom medley with cherry tomato and Tuscan beans

Steele Cabernet Sauvignon Red Hills Lake County 2010
Price: $21.00 Sale $18.48 Case $214
This wine has a rich, fruit-forward elegance. A spicy and herbaceous core backed up by soft tannins makes it a nice glass of wine for casual sipping among friends.
Dessert
Apple tart tatin over cream Anglaise with vanilla ice cream

Steele Late Harvest Chardonnay (375ml) 1997
Price: $33.00 Sale $29.04 Case $337
The level of sugar in the shriveled grapes would be the equivalent to a Trockenbeerenauslese in Germany. Usually, we figure on getting around 175 gallons per ton from the white grapes. With this late harvest wine, we got around 60 gallons per ton. The winemaking protocol was similar to that used by Chateau Y' quem. Barrel fermented in French oakbarrels (50%) new. Very long, slow fermentation that lasted seven months. Finally stopped when the alcohol rose to the point where the yeasy were inhibited (when the alcohol gets high your would think that the yeast would become "uninhibited"???). Aged for three years in barrels prior to bottling. With such a high level of alcohol and sugar, this wine should age for another ten years easily
Dinner is $85 + Tax + Gratuity, for reservations call 954-782-0606.

A bit about Jed Steele:
The very first time we ever saw Jed Steele he was plying his trade in the summer of 1979 for tiny Edmeades Winery in the laid-back Anderson Valley of Mendocino. We didn't realize then that he already had a wealth of experience behind him - his first job in winemaking was back in 1968 in the cellars of Fred and Eleanor McCrea at Stony Hill. In those days we thought Stony Hill was the best Chardonnay produced in America. Hard to believe that Jed has been making wine in a period that spans five decades. He has probably made more volume of fine wine than any other single winemaker in California - certainly nobody understands the many diverse microclimates of California Chardonnay better than he. Back in 1983 Jess Jackson, the founder and proprietor of Kendall-Jackson, knew exactly what he was doing when he hired Jed. Jackson decided to launch his venture with one of the very best talents in California. Throughout the 1980's Kendall-Jackson and Jed Steele amazed us with an incredible array of high quality offerings - reserve Chardonnays, Zinfandels, Cabernets - even late-harvest Rieslings - that were as good as any produced in the state. All the while, the winery churned out ever-increasing numbers of the "Vintner's Reserve" Chardonnay; during the Jed Steele era Kendall-Jackson's production of that wine soared from 9,000 cases to three quarters of a million cases annually.
Despite the enormous critical and commercial success, somewhere, somehow...things went sour between Steele and Jess Jackson. There were rumors well over two years before Steele left the organization that he was unhappy with the corporate direction at Kendall-Jackson. Things had just become too big for him. According to Steele, "There certainly is a degree of power and professional prestige in turning out six figure boxes of good Chardonnay annually, but there is something about the days at Stony Hill that I felt I needed back. The touch, the feel, the intimate contact with the wine is necessary to me as a winemaker in the practice of my craft. I had lost this intimacy at Kendall-Jackson."
In August of 1990 Steele agreed to wind down his relationship with Kendall-Jackson and signed a consulting deal for $400,000 with Jackson. Jed would train the new winemaker and provide for an orderly transition. On May 30, 1991, Jackson canned Steele and refused to pay the last $275,000 of the consulting contract. Steele sued and Jackson countersued in what was one of the most acrimonious trials ever seen in normally serene Lake County. The combatants traded bitter charges and occasionally snapped at one another outside the courtroom, according to Santa Rosa's Press Democrat, which covered the trial. Jackson won on his counterclaims that Steele interfered with Kendall-Jackson grower relations during his term of employment by negotiating grower contracts for the new Steele wines. Furthermore, Jackson won on the charge that Steele had wrongfully revealed a "secret process" for making Chardonnay to Steele's new employer, Stimson Lane. Stimson Lane, owners of Washington State's Chateau Ste. Michelle and Columbia Crest, are determined to turn their Napa Valley property, Villa Mt. Eden, into one of Kendall-Jackson's major competitors. Steele is now consulting with them to help them one day reach that objective. The successful "secret process" counter charge was the most sensational news that came out of the trial. At first many observers scoffed at the countercharge that there could be such a thing as a "secret process" in an industry noted for its openness and free exchange of ideas. When Kendall-Jackson's claim was upheld, many felt that it would have a chilling effect on the future trading of information among vintners. Steele, incidentally, won the right to his additional $275,000; but observers labeled the trial a "draw", considering the fact that Steele had to pay damages. Although Jess Jackson tried to paint the struggle between himself and Steele as a battle between a small, family-owned-and-operated operation (Kendall-Jackson) and a huge, multi-national company (Stimson Lane is owned by U.S. Tobacco), one could not help but be amused by the irony. Kendall-Jackson is no small peanuts - this winery (though family owned) is an aggressive, major player in the California wine scene. The little guys here were Jed and Marie Steele - good, modest folks with no well-heeled backers and only Jed's good name on the bottom line of the bank notes.
Despite being embroiled in a sensational trial, Jed Steele moved forward to open his own winery and get back in touch with wine. His first vintage (1991) debuted in 1993 to exceptional critical acclaim. Steele bottled a Chardonnay with a California appellation that was an amalgam of four of Jed's favorite vineyards; he also produced small separate bottlings (less than 200 cases of each) from several of those vineyards. That first year Steele also took a big leap into the Pinot Noir business - a surprising move because he had never made Pinot Noirs at Kendall-Jackson. It was probably more serendipity than design. The opportunity arose at harvest's end in 1991 to get some superb pinot noir fruit from the Durell Vineyard and the Sangiacomo Vineyard, and Jed seized the moment "just a little scared by it all." The critical response to Steele's 1991 Carneros bottling and 1991 Sangiacomo bottling was extremely positive and encouraged him to make Pinot Noir an important part of his portfolio. (Steele now produces six different Pinot Noirs). With the 1992 vintage Steele introduced his first Pinot Blanc from the famed Bien Nacido Vineyard in Santa Barbara (source of some legendary Chardonnays from Au Bon Climat and others). The first four vintages have been some of the finest Pinot Blancs produced in California. The Wine News selected both the 1993 and the 1994 as "Best of the Year". The recent 2004 is again outstanding.
In the last several years, Steele has added additional wines to the portfolio. Beginning with the '92 vintage Steele began producing about 1000 cases of Zinfandel from the Pacini Vineyard in Mendocino, and the winery has released a DuPratt Zinfandel from the 1993 vintage. Jed first made Dupratt Zinfandel in 1974; his 1987 Kendall-Jackson Dupratt Zinfandel was the finest Zinfandel we have ever tasted and one of the greatest wines Jed has ever produced. Zinfandel, we might add, is Jed Steele's favorite wine. Steele now produces excellent value wines under a second label called Shooting Star - Steele's middle name is Tecumseh, the Indian Chief who was said to have drawn good luck from being born under a meteor of shooting stars!
Other Steele Wines Available:

Steele Shooting Star Black Bubbles
Price: $15.75 Sale $13.86 Case $161
The final Syrah blend was finished here at Steele Wines, using a mix of French and American oak barrels. We then sent it off to a sparkling wine producer to be infused with bubbles. It came back as effervescent, crisp and lively Black Bubbles.

Steele Shooting Star Chardonnay 2010
Price: $15.75 Sale $13.86 Case $161
The grapes for our Shooting Star Mendocino Chardonnay are grown in the Redwood Valley north of Ukiah in a family-owned organic vineyard. The Lolonis family has been growing organic grapes since the 1950’s. The vineyard typically produces lush, fruit forward wine. Typically this Chardonnay shows citrus and mineral characteristics with a hint of stone fruit flavors and bright acidity. The perfect pairing for this wine would be a poached rock fish drizzled with mornay sauce and lightly buttered seasonal vegetables.

Steele Chardonnay California 375ml 2009
Price: $13.50 Sale $11.88 Case $138
Quantity in Stock: 8
Steele Chardonnay California 2009
Price: $20.25 Sale $17.82 Case $207
The Cuvee consistently exhibits excellent depth of flavor, wonderful acidity and complex aromas. The Santa Maria vineyards add a tropical fruit character to the wine, flavors and aroma of mango, pineapple, and papaya. The Sonoma vineyards attribute citrus character and acid to the cuvee. The Mendocino vineyards flavor profile leans toward citrus fruit and minerality from DuPratt and Lolonis contributes the warmest-climate grapes to the cuvee with flavors and aromas of baked apples and cinnamon.
Our flagship white wine, California Cuvee Chardonnay, really shows off Jed Steele’s wizardry in blending. As with all great wines, the process begins with the selection of the right vineyards. We have worked with most of the great Chardonnay vineyards in California and have chosen these seven prestigious properties to obtain the grapes for this wine.

Steele Shooting Star Zinfandel 2008
Price: $15.75 Sale $13.86 Case $161
Mendocino County has a long history of grape growing. The Pacini vineyard is over 60 years old and many are even older. We mainly buy from older, head-pruned vineyards, which are self-limiting and give the best quality fruit. To ensure that we maintain our “Old Vine” style of Zinfandel we purchased the Pacini vineyard in 1996. Our rejuvenation of this struggling vineyard has allowed us to get a larger crop.
We harvested the grapes from the several different parcels in the Pacini Vineyard. All lots were then fermented and barrel aged separately in American Oak barrels. We evaluated the wines and chose the most intense lots for Steele and the lighter styled lots went into this bottling.

Steele Zinfandel Writer's Block 2009
Price: $15.75 Sale $13.86 Case $161
Quantity in Stock: 7
A medium to full bodied red wine showing its varietal characters of red fruit, spice, clove, herbal tea, and bramble with approachable aromatics that open quickly in glass. The aromatics are complex, and move from red fruit to green herb and some kind bramble, some toasted oak, to citrus transitions occur fairly quickly. A supple mouth-feel shows bright fruit flavor transitioning into an accentuated finish with bright acidity and some spice. Significant tannins on the finish, textually good and young, prolonged after-taste increasing as wine continues to breathe.
Petite Sirah was blended into the Robin Hill Zinfandel to give this wine a bit more structure and depth of color. This is a traditional practice that gives this particular Zinfandel, with a more fresh and light, and expressive profile, some more depth and complexity. The Petite Sirah from Shannon Ridge vineyards is itself very good wine, and typically is not excessively large in style, but smooth and rounded. This lends itself to blending with this style Zinfandel.

Steele Catfish Vineyards Zinfandel Mendocino
Price: $26.25 Sale $23.10 Case $268
Because of the well-drained volcanic soil and wide variety of grapes in the field blend, Catfish does not frequently exhibit typical warm-climate old-vine Zinfandel characteristics. It tends toward a more bramble berry palate. The wine has medium tannins that will allow it to age for a number of years or be consumed now. The wine provides a mouth full of bright red fruit, and many layers of jam, coffee, and eucalyptus along with good structure and balance.
The vineyard is located on the Bell Hill bench of Lake County just south of Kelseyville. Catfish Vineyard, planted in 1901, is head pruned and stands on its own roots. Steele Wines purchased the vineyard in 2000 and we have been working to rehabilitate the old vines since that time. We have pruned the vines back so that each vine has fewer shoots and therefore fewer grape bunches and we have planted new vines where the 100-year-old vines have expired. Catfish Vineyard Zinfandel, is actually a field blend of a number of varieties, including small amounts of Carignan, Alicante Bouche, Cabernet, Petite Syrah, Touriga National and even some white grapes. Having more than one variety assured the old-time vintners that they would have some grapes to harvest regardless of the spring frosts or autumn storms. Additionally, there were no certified grapevine nurseries.

Steele Pacini Zinfandel Mendocino 2009
Price: $20.25 Sale $17.82 Case $207
This wine is known for its spicy, brambly and mildly tarry character. This vintage is no exception. The nose has the previously mentioned characteristics in addition to a bacon (or pancetta) and a white pepper element. The palate is full of berries, spice and a hint of cola, with a dusty chocolaty finish. The wine has great structure, is well balanced, and has a nice finish.
The Pacini Family planted this vineyard in 1940 on the western foothills of the Mayacamas Mountains in Mendocino County. This beautiful old vineyard is head-pruned as are most Zinfandel vineyards of the era. Steele Wines purchased the vineyard in 1996 from the Pacini Family. Since then we have been refurbishing the vineyard and replacing vines in the positions where the old vines have died back. The location of the vineyard prevents us from irrigating or frost protecting due to the limited water supply. This provides for the intense flavors and aromas in this low yielding Zinfandel.

Steele Shooting Star Pinot Noir 2010
Price: $15.75 Sale $13.86 Case $161
The unique growing conditions of Lake County provide a few places to grow Pinot Noir. We have selected a Pinot Noir clone (Clone 32) that is the latest ripening clone in every California Pinot Noir clonal trial. The late ripening nature of clone 32 allows the fruit to ripen in the later (October), and cooler part of the season, keeping on par with the early ripening Dijon clones of Carneros. This is the first vintage of our Pinot Noir grown in Lake County. We selected 2 Big Valley sites suitable for growing Pinot Noir, Lyon Vineyard at the foot of Mt. Konocti and Dorn Vineyard on the banks of Kelsey Creek both contribute different flavor profiles, that balance each other well. The Lyon vineyard provides structure and rose petal scents. The Dorn vineyard gives to the blend strawberry flavors and soft tannins.

Steele Pinot Noir Carneros 2008
Price: $20.25 Sale $17.82 Case $207
Quantity in Stock: 8
This vineyard, given its coastal influence, produces a wine with bright strawberry and cherry flavors, balanced with hints of earth and tobacco. Our approach for Carneros Pinot Noir has always been to produce a classically-styled “Pinot-lover’s Pinot”, with moderate oak, high-tone fruit flavors, a rich nose, juicy palate and long finish.
Steele Pinot Noir Sangiacomo 2010
Price: $40.50 Sale $35.64 Case $413
This is a beautiful, and consistent expression of Pinot Noir: medium color and the pronounced aroma of “Bing” cherries, combined with a smooth structure and perfect balance.
The Sangiacomo family farms the southern part of Sonoma County in the area known as Carneros. For many years this was just grazing land, thought to be too cold for the production of fine quality wine grapes. To look at the land one would agree that grapes should not do well here: the heavy adobe clay soil and the lack of sun seemed to contradict the accepted viticultural wisdom. However, for varieties which do best in cooler conditions, especially Pinot Noir, this is the place. Since there are many different vineyard blocks we keep each separate during fermentation and aging. For the single vineyard wines we use a blend of the “Pommard” and the “Martini” clone fruit from the “El Novillero” block, of Sangiacomo vineyards.
Steele Pinot Noir Bien Nacido Santa Maria 2008
Price: $42.75 Sale $37.62 Case $436
Bien Nacido is a well-known vineyard in the Santa Maria Valley. On a bench that overlooks the Sisquoc River, this highly-esteemed vineyard is quite large and has numerous slopes and aspects. Bien Nacido, literally Spanish for “Born Well”, is one of the vineyards in Santa Barbara where Steele Wines purchases Pinot Noir grapes. Many of the most prestigious wineries in California purchase grapes from this vineyard. Our favorite block for the single vineyard wines is “N-Block” which gives the most intense fruit.
This vineyard, given its coastal influence, produces a wine with ripe Bing cherry, cloves, and spice, aromas and flavors. But still has a balance of acidity and a finish that lingers of sweet tobacco and spices.
Steele Merlot Shooting Star Mendocino 2009
Price: $15.75 Sale $13.86 Case $161
Quantity in Stock: 22
Winery Notes: We are always on the lookout for classic varieties planted in ideal locations. Here the red volcanic soils, ample sunshine, almost no fog and the 1500 foot plus elevation and cool night temperatures, all add up to a wonderful place to grow red grapes. We harvest Merlot from two growers: Reed and Sarah Dorn and Floyd and Jolene Silva. The Dorns have the most dramatic vineyard in Lake County. Perched on a hollow on the northwest corner of the dormant volcano Mt Konocti, you look down 1000 feet to the lake and see a perfect circle in Dorn Bay: an ancient cinder cone. The Silvas’ vineyard is a manicured jewel on the bench land near Highland Springs Reservoir, close to Lakeport. The soils are great and the vines really produce some of the best fruit we have ever seen from Lake County.
Steele Merlot Clear Lake 2009
Price: $19.75 Sale $17.38 Case $202
This wine is a mouthful of pleasure: lots of fruit, medium tannins and a long lingering finish. We would recommend some cellar time for this wine if only to allow all of the great aromas and flavors properly meld. We feel that this wine can compete with any Merlot from any growing region anywhere in the world.
While we are not known as a Bordeaux/Cabernet kind of winery (we tend to make more Chardonnay, Pinot Noir and Zinfandel) our location in Lake County allows us to produce several of these varieties in styles which would make our neighbors to the south a bit jealous. One of these is Merlot. The Stymie vineyard grows merlot, syrah and cab franc. We have been sourcing merlot from this vineyard since day one. Stymie vineyard is on a gravelly bench, which overlooks the Big Valley area of Lake County. The vines grow well but not too well and have a great balance of flavors, structure and tannins.
Steele Stymie Merlot Reserve
Price: $42.75 Sale $37.62 Case $437
Stymie Bench Vineyard typically yields a Merlot with a rich, deep red color and firm body, exhibiting aromas of chocolate, jammy fruit, tobacco and pepper. The palate reveals a rich, well-structured wine with layers of ripe red currants, anise, chocolate-covered cherries, a peppery mid-palate, and just a hint of coffee. This high-quality fruit produces an excellent, long-lasting finish and smooth tannins. It’s a perfect “special occasion” wine and pairs well with big hearty foods. Exceptional with any full-flavored dish, such as any preparation of lamb or beef, steaks, grilled venison chops or ragout. You will be missing out if you don’t try this Merlot with chocolate.
The grapes used to craft the Steele Stymie Merlot were grown by Floyd and Jolene Silva until we purchased their property in 2005. Known for quality fruit we've named this vineyard Steele Stymie bench Vineyard which located on a gravelly bench overlooking the Big Valley area of Lake County. An ideal location for growing Merlot vines.
Steele Cabernet Franc Lake County 2009
Price: $19.75 Sale $17.38 Case $202
This wine has aromas of dark fruits with some mint and cassis. Lots of good Cabernet flavor and a touch of oak round things out.
While we are not known as a Bordeaux/Cabernet kind of winery (we tend to make more Chardonnay, Pinot Noir and Zinfandel) our location in Lake County allows us to produce several of these varieties in styles which would make our neighbors to the south a bit jealous. One of these is Cabernet Franc. When we started buying grapes from the vineyard of Floyd Silva we found that he was growing some of the best Cabernet Franc that we had ever tasted. Floyd has since then retired and we purchased this vineyard in 2005. The Silva vineyard, now known as Stymie Bench Vineyard is on a gravelly bench, which overlooks the Big Valley area of Lake County. The vines grow well at this higher elevation and show a great balance of flavors, structure and tannins.
Steele Shooting Star Cabernet Sauvignon Lake County 2010
Price: $15.75 Sale $13.86 Case $161
This wine has aromas of dark fruits with some mint and cassis. Lots of good Cabernet flavor and a touch of oak round things out.
Cabernet Sauvignon has not been the best red grape for most parts of Lake County, making vineyard site selection a crucial decision. A long season is needed to get the proper sugar development and to help reduce some of the natural herbaceous character. We always blend in a small percentage of Merlot and Cabernet Franc from the Dorn Vineyard. We age this wine in American Oak barrels for 12 months.
Steele Stymie Syrah Reserve 2009
Price: $42.75 Sale $37.62 Case $437
Stymie Bench Vineayrd Syrah shows a rich, dark red color with firm body, with excellent New World fruit aromas and flavors of berry, cherry, bacon and a touch of nutmeg and cinnamon. The rich, full-bodied palate has subtle fruit with medium tannins and well-integrated oak. The finish is long with a hint of leather in the back palate.
Stymie was a famous racehorse in mid-twentieth century American history. Stymie was known for never giving up the lead when he gained it. He was so infamous for this in fact that the horse callers brought the word into the English vernacular by calling out “They’ve been stymied again!!” whenever he pulled ahead. In 1950 Jed’s father, a newspaperman, wagered a bet on Stymie that paid off well. So well, in fact, that the winnings financed the Steele family’s move from New York to San Francisco. As a tribute to the horse and to Jed’s father, our Stymie label is reserved for rare, small production wines of the highest quality we produce.
Steele Shooting Star Syrah Lake County 2009
Price: $15.75 Sale $13.86 Case $161
After many years of close observation we decided to plant Syrah in Lake County. This decision has been affirmed as each vintage has rewarded us with great fruit. Five growers made the initial plantings: Dorn, Silva, Fiora, Lyons and Hansmith. From these vineyards we select the lighter lots for Shooting Star.

