Our Wine & Vineyards
The Wines of Sculpterra
Quality estate and select vineyards build the foundation upon which Sculpterra wines begin their artistic journey. The grapes are grown to promote intense, varietal flavors that can then be sculpted in the cellar into a final artistic statement. Meticulous winemaking practices coax the true varietal essences of the fruit forward, allowing for wines that are full-bodied, rich, and expressive.
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Gentle handling, using traditional gravity methods ensures that the integrity of the wines stay intact. Sculpterra wines are aged an average of 12 to 18 months in American, French and Hungarian oak.
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2005 CABERNET SAUVIGNON
PRICE: $28
2006 CHARDONNAY
PRICE: $16
2006
PINOT GRIGIOPRICE: $16
2006 PETITE SIRAH
PRICE: $32
This wine has a brilliant color with an intense aroma. This wine contains big flavors and plum notes on the palate but also has a smooth mouth feel followed by a pleasant finish. The berries were incredibly tiny and well maintained at harvest producing an extraction of incredible tastes. It will sure last the test of time and age with delicacy.
2006 MAQUETTE
PRICE: $40
2006 STATUESQUE
PRICE: $35
Our Accolades
2008 West Coast Wine Competition
Gold Medal - 2006 Petite Sirah2008 West Coast Wine Competition
Gold Medal - 2006 Cabernet Sauvignon2008 San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition
GOLD MEDAL - 2006 Statuesque2008 San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition
SILVER MEDAL - 2006 Cabernet Sauvignon2008 San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition
SILVER MEDAL - 2006 Maquette2007 Los Angeles International Wine & Spirits Awards
GOLD MEDAL - 2005 Cabernet Sauvignon2007 San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition
SILVER MEDAL - 2005 Cabernet Sauvignon2007 Jerry D. Mead’s New World Wine Competition
SILVER MEDAL - 2005 Cabernet Sauvignon2007 Finger Lakes International Wine Competition
SILVER MEDAL - 2005 Cabernet Sauvignon
2005 Cabernet Sauvignon The 2005 vintage was another great year in Paso Robles with a long growing season and an extended hang time with good fruit exposure due to intensive canopy management techniques such as shoot and leaf thinning and the dropping of excess fruit resulting in a crop of less than two tons per acre. These growing conditions contributed to the concentrated and intense varietal flavors in the wine. High phenolic content resulted in a highly extracted wine. This Cabernet was produced in small lot, one ton macro bins and went through pre and post fermentation soak periods to extract maximum color and tannins. The wine was aged in a combination of new French, American, eastern European oak and then blended together before bottling. |
From The Winemaker “The grapes for this wine were some of the best fruit I have seen from any vineyard in this Paso Robles area. All the numbers at harvest were perfect and the resulting wine reflects this. ”Shannon O’Neil, Winemaker" |
Varietal Composition: 100% Cabernet Sauvignon Appellation: Paso Robles Vineyard: Sculpterra Estate Bottling Date: November 2006 Release Date: March 1, 2007 Total Production: 1,635 750ml cases Finished Alcohol: 15.5% Residual Sugar: 0.22 g/100ml Total Acid: .64g/100ml PH: 3.74 Suggested List Retail: $28 |
Our Vineyards
The Sculpterra estate vineyards reside in the hills of the scenic Linne Valley located just a few miles east of the city of Paso Robles on the Central Coast of California. The Linne Valley is slightly sheltered, creating a unique micro-climate with plenty of Paso Robles sunshine, but slightly less heat than other locations in the appellation. In pursuit of a low crop yield, the vineyards are hand manicured and deficit irrigated, creating a high grape skin to juice ratio ensuring intense varietal flavors and concentrated wines. Open canopy management with moveable catch wires allow for maximum sun exposure, reducing unfavorable “veggie” characteristics. The estate vineyards are hand-pruned, hand picked and like Sculpterra wines, are meticulously cared for.
The first grapes, Cabernet Sauvignon were planted on the estate along with pistachio trees in 1979. The 120 acre vineyard is now planted to Cabernet Sauvignon, Zinfandel, Merlot, Viognier, Petite Sirah, Mouvedre and Cabernet Franc. If you see horseback riders in the gently sculpted vineyard hills, they are likely to be Dr. and Mrs. Frankel, enjoying the scenic vineyard and oak hillside views.
Fanciful Names for blends
Sculpterra Winery will be releasing two very special blends in 2008. Naming a new blend is part of the fun of wine making. There are no books devoted to naming wines like there are for children, so we use generic names to hang on the blends in the meantime. Bordeaux is French for a blend that can be made out Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet Franc, Petite Verdot and Malbec from the Bordeaux region of France. Rhone is also a traditional blend of grapes, from the Rhone region in the South of France which include Syrah, Mourvedre, Grenache, Cinsault, and Carignon to name a few. The French use these names to describe their traditional blends, but in America we must come up with what is known as a “fanciful name”. If you don’t name these blends you must call them “Red Table Wine”, which is not quite a befitting name for a fine premium wine. Sculpterra has named their Rhone blend “Statuesque”, in honor of sculptor John Jagger’s beautiful sculptures displayed in the Sculpterra Winery Gardens and the Bordeaux blend “Maquette”, which is French for “scale model” or little statue.
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