Purple Cow Vineyards

2008 Gabriela - Release

Labor Day Weekend. Saturday and Sunday. You. Purple Cow Vineyards. We will release the 2008 Gabriela. It will be yours at the introductory price of $24/bottle. This price is guaranteed Sept 3rd and 4th.

About the 2008 Gabriela When we make our signature blend, the Gabriela, we don't rest on our laurels. The 2006 blended Cab Franc with Sauv - the 2007 mixed Malbec with Mouvedre and estate Tempranillo and Pinot. The 2008 departs yet again into unknown territory: 67% Lemburger, 14% Petite Sirah, 14% Mouvedre, 5% Tempranillo.

The nose is richly spicy and mature. White pepper, plum, and that old church like earthiness jump right out of the glass at you. The palate is mid-weight with bright acidity and soft tannins. The 2008 will maintain it's place as the champion wine for outdoor cooking. The peppery flavors complement a little char from the BBQ, and the mid-palate structure makes it suitable for steak, pork, or chicken.

If you liked or loved the 2007 Gabriela, I am confident that you will adore the 2008. We look forward to seeing you and kicking off the beginning of the school year (hurray, parental freedom!) in classy style.  -Jon-

New In The Winery...

There is a lot going on out here at PCV, which should not surprise any of you. It does mean that some of us(myself being one of the largest culprits) have been busy playing the fields and in the winery which means we (me) have neglected to keep all of you up to date on what we have been doing. The biggest news is that we are getting ready bottle Gabriela. In addition to the Gabriela we have two new wine variatals that we are hoping to bottle soon. So keep your eyes open for some new releases and more information here soon.

Brie

Tasting Room Opens For The Season

Well it is that time of year again.  The winery has been busy this winter and the grapes from 2010 are well on there way to being amazing wines.  The Vineyard is under control and we are looking forward to pruning and bud break. We have been catching up on paperwork and working on the website...

The only thing missing is time spent with old friends and meting new ones.  But we have an easy solution for that...

The tasting room will open for the season on Saturday February 12th at 11AM.  Come out and joins us for the start of a wonderful and exciting new year.

-PCV Staff-

 

 

Announcing 2007 Gabriela, special offer for remote Wine Club Members

Announcing the 2007 Gabriela

This coming weekend, October 14th, will mark the second release of our popular red blend, Gabriela.  We significantly changed the formula for the 2007 Gabriela - combining Malbec, Mourvedre, Tempranillo, and Pinot Noir.  It has lots of black pepper, medium color, mellow tannins, and emerging dark fruit.

At only $24, we're excited about opportunity to bring you a big red that has been infused with a touch of our prized estate fruit to give you great flavor at a reasonable price.

Come visit and try it.

Are you a remote Wine Club Member?

Wine club members on auto-ship have the option to buy the 2007 Gabriela with half-priced shipping on orders received via email (just reply to the note in your inbox - Good thought OCT 2009 ONLY).  This is our thanks to you for being a part of the club even if you can't make it to the tasting room.  This offer is effective on orders received now through Halloween.

Staying in touch

We just made it easier to get Purple Cow News.  Your privacy is so valuable that we rarely send email.  However, the website is updated regularly and through our RSS feed, http://www.purplecowvineyards.com/pcv/atom.xml, you can choose whether or not to follow along.  Thanks for your support.  -Jon-

Gabriela will return soon.....

No, I'm not talking about my daughter Gabriela....she's in Puerto Rico starting grad school on August 10th.  I'm talking about Gabriela the wine -it's back!

 

Our 2006 Gabriela was one of our most appreciated wines, its rich color, nose and spicy, peppery finish winning lots of fans and a dedicated following.

 

We're bottling our 2007 Gabriela the weekend of August 1st. It's a completely different blend of grapes than the '06 Gaby.  It includes Malbec, Mourvedre, Tempranillo and Pinot Noir. We actually think it's better than the '06 Gaby, retaining its endearing pepper, spices and finish with a bit more nose and fruit on the palate. Look for a release date in the early Fall.

 

-Galo-

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Ch..ch..ch..ChANGes

That's as much tribute to David Bowie as you'll ever get from me.  Real news here is that 2006 Gabriela and 2007 Muscat are sold out.  Boom, there you have it.  In the case of Gabriela, we are changing direction and the new product isn't ready yet.  As for Muscat, well, we're releasing the 2008 this coming weekend.  It should last a few months.

Tasting Room Traffic Fun!

Saturday was great fun in the tasting room with a number of wine club members stopping by and new members signing up. The tasting room broke out in uproar as the newst club members signed up -- no, not because they joined the most fun wine club around, but because of their name -- Meet Bill & Christi Purple! You can bet Bill & Christi will get alot of introductions at wine club events!  If you're in the market for cabinet's, you can find the Purple's at NW Cabinet Source -- oh, he could make a nice wine bar too!. Welcome guys!!

We're also sending out Happy Birthday wishes to Gabriella for Monday May 5th! This isn't the Gaby our CabFranc/Sav blend is named after, in fact she spells her name with 2 "L's" not 1, but that didn't stop her from taking home a bottle of our 2006 Gabriela which we hope she enjoys as she and her friends celebrate her birthday!  Thanks for coming by on your special day!!

A big thanks goes out to Liz for the awesome scrapbook of Sophie's photo adventures from the Elena release party - how thoughtful of you!

We restocked our wood wine boxes created by wine club member Jim Pollack, if you haven't seen them yet, they're gorgorgeous! Only $20 and a work of art. I'll be posting pictures soon. And you can purchase them in the tasting room, at Urban Decanter, and directly through Jim.

And thanks for fun dinner company Renee & Rob! Yup, you're still honeymooners! -- Wendy

2006 Gabriela Overview

I'm a huge fan of Cabernet Franc.  I even tried planting it.  The plants never performed well on my site, and the gap was so big that I haven't tried any of the changes the resulted in successful Tempranillo.  I really think it just likes more heat to be the style of Cab Franc I like.

No sense in crying about it.  We just brought some in from Southern Oregon.  Even there, it's a little cool for it.  So we merged it with some Cabernet Sauvingon.

The name comes from Galo's daughter.  It suits her nicely.  Sweet and spicy at the same time.

I love this wine.  It's soft for Cab, but the aromas are rich.  Furthermore, it's a lovely change of pace from Pinot Noir and Tempranillo when you want a wine that has more bell pepper and pineapple instead of berries on the nose.

2006 Gabriela bottled

What a great time. I do not relish the thought of using the automated line later in the winter for the Muscat and Tempranillo, because we so enjoy the manual bottling work. We bottled Gabriela (60% Cabernet Franc and 40% Cabernet Sauvingon) on December 30th.  It really turned out well. We'll take it to Newport and have a local party during Spring Break.

We also bottled the 2006 Marechal Foch. That will be available to the Wine Club as soon as we're satisfied with the post-bottling recovery.

105 cases produced.