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Grapelive New Producer Update: Dos Lagos Vineyards,
Better the second time around!


By Kerry Winslow

2008 Dos Lagos Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon, Atlas Peak, Napa Valley.
Tom and Marcie Dinkel have again proved to be a star of the vintage, after last year’s
amazing effort, this one might even be better, as the 2008 Dos Lagos shows more life
and complexity. Tom Dinkel credits his vineyard team lead by Hector Lopez, with doing a
monumental job under stressful and difficult conditions, for getting perfect grapes to
famed winemaker Robert Foley to craft this amazing wine. The 2008 Dos Lagos Cabernet is
dense and richly textured with powerful tannin structure and ripe flavors, leaving no doubt
to Foley’s talents in making a blockbuster wine, though while the alcohol is near 15.5% it
is a balanced Cabernet in the modern style.
The nose is full of blackberry, mocha and pencil lead, with hints of vanilla and tobacco
leaf, before a lush palate of currant, cassis, blackberry and plum fruits with a thick
creamy body. There is added depth with hints of rocky mineral, dark chocolate and cherry
liqueur, plus a touch of minty black licorice. This extreme vineyard site produces only
tiny yields so there is not much of this intense wine available, all of which makes this
Cabernet a rare find, and one that continues to get better with each vintage under the deft
touch of an artisan Cabernet master
($125 Est.) 95 Points, Grapelive.com


"A gorgeous Cabernet to drink now with a perfect steak."

Join us at the San Francisco Vintners Market at Fort Mason in San Francisco Saturday
and Sunday Nov. 20th and 21st, 2010.
San Francisco Vintners Market

Polo Ponies and Cabernet! Come to the Polo Events and Wine Tasting
on Sunday, Sept. 26th in Golden Gate Park, San Francisco.
We will be poruing Dos Lagos Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon 07, by winemaker Robert Foley,
and Robert Foley Petite Sirah 07! All day event, so check the link below.
Polo In the Park and Wine Tasting
Come join in on the fun! The Vintners Wine Market is in San Francisco is Nov. 20th and 21st,
Saturday and Sunday at Fort Mason. We will be in the Reserve area.

Come join us!
Napa Valley Wine Library 48th Annual Tasting
Cabernet Varieties: A Celebration of 50 Years of Cabernet Winemaking.
NVWL Annual tasting
With over 90 wineries pouring, this event takes place on Sunday
August 15 from 5 to 7 p.m. in the Grove at Silverado Resort, Napa.

Vino Moda Angel Island Wine Festival features Dos Lagos Vineyards
San Francisco Bay Area, May 1st, 2010    See you there!

Grapelive Special Review
March 14, 2010
By Kerry Winslow
2007 Dos Lagos Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon
Napa Valley


The 2007 Dos Lagos is a deep and thickly concentrated Cab with
solid structure and fruit intensity with a black/purple hue that
coats the glass. The palate is ripe, but focused showing massive
black fruits and pure Cabernet character, leading with blackberry,
dark currant, plum and blueberries before array of background
flavors unfold. Interesting creme de cassis, mocha, cedar spice,
cigar tobacco and violet like perfume all come across in layer
after layer with powerful tannins holding things together, though
thankfully they are not harsh or distracting from the wine and

I am sure as it is still a very young wine will fade in time to
allow much pleasure over the following 5-10 years. Bob Foley,
ex Pride, and maker of top Napa Cabernet like his own Claret,
Switchback Ridge and Hourglass seems to have fallen in love
with the terroir at this rugged Atlas Peak location, and after
tasting this vintage, I think he is on to something big here.
($125 Est.)    95 Points,      Grapelive.com

Full Special Report Here


Inaugural Dos Lagos Vineyards Atlas Peak Cabernet
Sauvignon is Bob Foley's latest project
14 March 2010
by Annette Hanami


Dos Lagos Vineyards is the latest of several notable mountain
cabernet sauvignon wines Foley has been making for over 25
years including Pride Mountain and Paloma from Spring Mountain
and his own label Robert Foley Vineyards from Howell Mountain.
Foley has been farming on the eastern ridge for over twenty
years and made his name as winemaker at Pride on the western
ridge for 15 (as well as owning blocks on Mount Veeder and
Diamond Mountain) so he understands the potential power and
density of cabs growing at high elevation, rocky sites probably
better than anyone else.

Full Article Here


Inaugural Dos Lagos Vineyards cab released
By David Stoneberg STAFF WRITER, ST HELENA STAR
Thursday, March 18, 2010


The white and gray volcanic rock on Tom and Marcie Dinkel's
property is called "tuff." It is hard to grow grapes in this ground
with the topsoil measuring about four inches, the soil
drains quickly and the vines dont get a lot of water.

Winemaker Bob Foley describes the terroir and its effect on
the four-acre Dos Lagos Vineyards, 1,650 feet up Atlas Peak
Road: " Cabernet sauvignon grown in this volcanic tuff series
geology produces remarkably expressive wines of profound
extraction."

Full Article Here

Click on image to read another article: March 27, 2008




For information about the Dos Lagos Vineyards
please contact Marcie at:
Email: md@doslagosvineyards.com
Phone (707) 278-4080
Fax (415) 358-4534


Copyright by Dos Lagos Vineyards 2009-2010





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Grapelive New Producer Update: Dos Lagos Vineyards, Better the second time around!

By Kerry Winslow

2008 Dos Lagos Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon, Atlas Peak, Napa Valley. Tom and Marcie Dinkel have again proved to be a star of the vintage, after last year’s
amazing effort, this one might even be better, as the 2008 Dos Lagos shows more life
and complexity. Tom Dinkel credits his vineyard team lead by Hector Lopez, with doing a
monumental job under stressful and difficult conditions, for getting perfect grapes to
famed winemaker Robert Foley to craft this amazing wine. The 2008 Dos Lagos Cabernet is
dense and richly textured with powerful tannin structure and ripe flavors, leaving no doubt
to Foley’s talents in making a blockbuster wine, though while the alcohol is near 15.5% it
is a balanced Cabernet in the modern style.
The nose is full of blackberry, mocha and pencil lead, with hints of vanilla and tobacco
leaf, before a lush palate of currant, cassis, blackberry and plum fruits with a thick
creamy body. There is added depth with hints of rocky mineral, dark chocolate and cherry
liqueur, plus a touch of minty black licorice. This extreme vineyard site produces only
tiny yields so there is not much of this intense wine available, all of which makes this
Cabernet a rare find, and one that continues to get better with each vintage under the deft
touch of an artisan Cabernet master
($125 Est.) 95 Points, Grapelive.com


"A gorgeous Cabernet to drink now with a perfect steak."

Join us at the San Francisco Vintners Market at Fort Mason in San Francisco Saturday
and Sunday Nov. 20th and 21st, 2010.
San Francisco Vintners Market

Polo Ponies and Cabernet! Come to the Polo Events and Wine Tasting
on Sunday, Sept. 26th in Golden Gate Park, San Francisco.
We will be poruing Dos Lagos Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon 07, by winemaker Robert Foley,
and Robert Foley Petite Sirah 07! All day event, so check the link below.
Polo In the Park and Wine Tasting
Come join in on the fun! The Vintners Wine Market is in San Francisco is Nov. 20th and 21st,
Saturday and Sunday at Fort Mason. We will be in the Reserve area.

Come join us!
Napa Valley Wine Library 48th Annual Tasting
Cabernet Varieties: A Celebration of 50 Years of Cabernet Winemaking.
NVWL Annual tasting
With over 90 wineries pouring, this event takes place on Sunday
August 15 from 5 to 7 p.m. in the Grove at Silverado Resort, Napa.

Vino Moda Angel Island Wine Festival features Dos Lagos Vineyards
San Francisco Bay Area, May 1st, 2010    See you there!

Grapelive Special Review
March 14, 2010
By Kerry Winslow
2007 Dos Lagos Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon
Napa Valley


The 2007 Dos Lagos is a deep and thickly concentrated Cab with
solid structure and fruit intensity with a black/purple hue that
coats the glass. The palate is ripe, but focused showing massive
black fruits and pure Cabernet character, leading with blackberry,
dark currant, plum and blueberries before array of background
flavors unfold. Interesting creme de cassis, mocha, cedar spice,
cigar tobacco and violet like perfume all come across in layer
after layer with powerful tannins holding things together, though
thankfully they are not harsh or distracting from the wine and

I am sure as it is still a very young wine will fade in time to
allow much pleasure over the following 5-10 years. Bob Foley,
ex Pride, and maker of top Napa Cabernet like his own Claret,
Switchback Ridge and Hourglass seems to have fallen in love
with the terroir at this rugged Atlas Peak location, and after
tasting this vintage, I think he is on to something big here.
($125 Est.)    95 Points,      Grapelive.com

Full Special Report Here


Inaugural Dos Lagos Vineyards Atlas Peak Cabernet
Sauvignon is Bob Foley's latest project
14 March 2010
by Annette Hanami


Dos Lagos Vineyards is the latest of several notable mountain
cabernet sauvignon wines Foley has been making for over 25
years including Pride Mountain and Paloma from Spring Mountain
and his own label Robert Foley Vineyards from Howell Mountain.
Foley has been farming on the eastern ridge for over twenty
years and made his name as winemaker at Pride on the western
ridge for 15 (as well as owning blocks on Mount Veeder and
Diamond Mountain) so he understands the potential power and
density of cabs growing at high elevation, rocky sites probably
better than anyone else.

Full Article Here


Inaugural Dos Lagos Vineyards cab released
By David Stoneberg STAFF WRITER, ST HELENA STAR
Thursday, March 18, 2010


The white and gray volcanic rock on Tom and Marcie Dinkel's
property is called "tuff." It is hard to grow grapes in this ground
with the topsoil measuring about four inches, the soil
drains quickly and the vines dont get a lot of water.

Winemaker Bob Foley describes the terroir and its effect on
the four-acre Dos Lagos Vineyards, 1,650 feet up Atlas Peak
Road: " Cabernet sauvignon grown in this volcanic tuff series
geology produces remarkably expressive wines of profound
extraction."

Full Article Here

Click on image to read another article: March 27, 2008




For information about the Dos Lagos Vineyards
please contact Marcie at:
Email: md@doslagosvineyards.com
Phone (707) 278-4080
Fax (415) 358-4534


Copyright by Dos Lagos Vineyards 2009-2010