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THE STORY
"Chalk Hill's potential as a world-class wine estate began eons ago in the geologic timeline that lifted, folded, fractured, and weathered this terrain on the slow march to terroir.
Grape growing on Chalk Hill began by the 1860s with the first pioneering family to homestead this land, Sarah and John Rich. After John's death Sarah married widower Lorenzo D. Latimer, a successful local lawyer, whose lofty legal duties often drew him away from the ranch. Sarah invested her sturdy spirit in their successful family farm, and their Glen Valley Resort developed by the family around the natural hot springs - the vestiges of which are at Chalk Hill. In the early 1900s, travelers and the San Francisco elite, made the full day rail-and-wagon journey to share the bucolic calm of its healing waters.
One of Latimer's sons, Lorenzo P. Latimer, grew to appreciate the vistas and redwoods, becoming a renowned landscape artist. A special collection of Latimer paintings are on display at the Chalk Hill Winery and others are on loan to art exhibitions in California." Winery
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Chalk Hill Cabernet Sauvignon Estate 2005
"Continues Chalk Hill's great track record of 90-plus Cabs, although this may be the most ageworthy in recent memory. You don't want to pop the cork until at least 2011, because the tannins put it into lockdown mode. But there's a great, deep heart of black currants longing to blossom. Cellar Selection."
Wine Enthusiast: 93
Regular Price: $59.99Sale Price: $33.99
Bottle Size: 750 ml
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Chalk Hill Sauvignon Blanc Estate Bottled 2006
"Near perfect in the way it tastes almost sweet, then pulls back into dryness. The flavors of pineapples, green apples, pe
ars, peaches and honeysuckle are made even more delicious by the judicious application of new oak and sur lie aging."
Wine Enthusiast: 93
Regular Price: $27.99Sale Price: $19.99
Bottle Size: 750 ml
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