Google News Alert for: Fogarty Winery
Daniel: Viognier confounds California vintners
San Jose Mercury News - CA, USA
January 23rd, 2008
Viognier can be an extremely alluring grape. In France's Condrieu appellation, in the northern Rhone, it can produce a glorious wine with an intoxicating fragrance, flavors of white peach, honeysuckle and mineral, and a silky, supple texture... read article >
Winemaker Michael Martella:
The Soul of Thomas Fogarty Winery
Appellation America - San Francisco, CA
January 30, 2008
After nearly three decades as the winemaker for Thomas Fogarty Winery, Michael Martella intuitively knows the pulse of every vineyard and what it can... read article >
2005 THOMAS FOGARTY WINERY
Chardonnay
(Santa Cruz Mountains)
Connoisseurs' Guide to California Wine
Volume 32 Issue 4: February 2008
87 Points
Constructed in a tighter and somewhat crisp style, this bottling still manages to convey a fairly good sense of youthful, green-apple fruit. It relies on creamy oak to temper its slight bent to firmness, and it will provide useful service with the likes of meaty, white-fish entrees.
$28.00
2003 THOMAS FOGARTY WINERY
Cabernet Franc, Camel Hill Vineyard
(Santa Cruz Mountains)
Appellation America - San Francisco, CA
February 2nd, 2008
To me, Cabernet Franc can be the most wildly aromatic, enticing and appealing of the Bordeaux varietals. It tends to throw open its cloak or perhaps its cape, revealing volumes of alluring, floral and herbal perfume, commingled with bright red fruits... read more >
2003 THOMAS FOGARTY WINERY
Estate Grown Merlot, Razorback Vineyard
(Santa Cruz Mountains)
Appellation America - San Francisco, CA
February 2nd, 2008
Step away from the bar…and nobody gets hurt. Even the name seems to warn you that this is something to be feared. This is a serious, bracingly intense Merlot, in all the right ways. The Razorback Vineyard is located on the very cool climate Thomas Fogarty estate, just off Skyline Boulevard, not far from the invigoratingly frigid waters of the Pacific Ocean... read more >
2003 THOMAS FOGARTY WINERY
Lexington Meritage, Camel Hill Vineyard
(Santa Cruz Mountains)
Connoisseurs' Guide to California Wine
Volume 32 Issue 5: March 2008
88
50% Merlot; 43% Cabernet Sauvignon; 7% Cabernet Franc. Wisps of euca-lyptus are joined in this wine's attractive aromas by suggestions of red cherries, woodsy spice and creamy oak. Fleshy and full in texture, but given reasonable balance by bright acidity, the wine is both weighty and somewhat angular at the same time, and it will need a bit of cellar time.
