The other winery we really wanted to visit in the Anderson
Valley AVA of Mendocino County was Yorkville Cellars. Yorkville Cellars focuses
on Bordeaux grape varietals. There were several unique wines, but one that
caught my attention in particular was the Amber Folly 2013 which is made from
Semillion grapes that are crushed with the skins for 10 days, which is
traditionally a red wine style process. The other was their Petit Verdot, which
is almost always used in small percentages as a blending partner but Yorkville
Cellars does an incredible job at making a Petit Verdot varietal wine.
Last but not least, I’d like to send a very big thank you to
Gary Krimont. Gary was helpful, educational and a true pleasure to spend time
with during our tasting. He’s the type of person that would be fun to share a
bottle of wine with or even travel with anywhere in the world.
If traveling in Mendocino County, it would be a shame to
miss Yorkville Cellars!
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