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M., I would say that the extended time in barrel will round out the wines, balance the flavors by letting the fruit evolve and ripen the tannins. It is my understanding that when you pick earlier, the skins can be more crunchy and tannic and the additional time allows for those tannins to ripen and lengthen. For those interested, Kathleen picked Thorn Road Ranch (Thorn Ridge) yesterday and posted a video of the harvest day on Youtube: Click...

Thanks for the notes, Steve. Kathleen's wines have been favorites of ours since we tasted with her last year - we find her pinots very elegant. Having just received the order form last week, I can say "thanks for the reminder" as I start filling it out.

Steve, Wow, a couple of weeks ago, you reported on the Scherrer open house. That had me drooling. Now Inman a couple of weeks later, and you have hit two of my favorites. I need to get out to wine country badly. Thanks for the great detailed notes. Really cements for me my joining Kathleen's wine club. Cheers, Sandy

Great notes Steve. I did like that '07 Pinot Grigio when we had one back in June at DCK in Healdsburg. All these wines sound great. And Mosaic for dinner. Yum. Thanks for sharing. I need more Inman Family in the cellar.

Thank you for the great notes. Great person and great wines.

Thanks for the great notes! And it's good to hear that the OGV is bouncing back from the frost! I'm really interested in the '07 and '08 vintages - Kathleen mentioned in her recent mailer that she will start keeping the wines in barrel longer starting with '07. I wonder what effect that will have on the already great profile of her wines...