After years of searching, Robert Haas (Vineyard Brands) and the Perrins (Château de Beaucastel) found the perfect
site for their new estate in the steep and stony hills west of Paso Robles. Tablas Creek Vineyard was conceived
with similar vine
selections to the Beaucastel Domaine. Organic farming techniques in the vineyard allow our grapes to be the purest
expression of the warm climate and the calcareous clay soils in which they grow. Fermenting with native yeasts and
selective blending of the varietals, as practiced by Beaucastel for 150 years, allow the wine to best express its
rich and
elegant esthetic qualities. We have left no stone unturned in our effort to make Tablas Creek Vineyard Petite Cuvée a
forceful statement of its outstanding terroir.
Tablas Creek Vineyard's Petite Cuvée is made from grapes grown on the rugged limestone-clay soils
chosen by Robert Haas and the Perrin family of Château de Beaucastel when they founded Tablas
Creek Vineyard in west Paso Robles. The vineyard is cultivated without the use of
herbicides or systemic pesticides.
In the process of making their Reserve Cuvée in the image of Château de Beaucastel, some lots
of wine are set aside. This Petite Cuvée is a blend of those lots; fermented in classic style using
only native yeasts. It is delightfully and intensely fruity and sooner ready to drink than the
Reserve Cuvée. Tablas Creek Vineyard Petite Cuvée is estate bottled from vines grown on the
Tablas Creek Vineyard Estate, cultivated without the use of herbicides or systemic
pesticides. Only hand hoeing, cover crops, mulch, scorching and mowing are used for weed
control. Natural predatory insects, "Bordeaux Mixture" and sulfur control pests and fungi.
