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Palmaz Vineyards
And Then There Are Caves!
For anyone who has ever ventured into a winery’s caves, it’s usually something of a disappointing affair. They are, after all, just caves; holes dug into the side of a mountain where barrels are stored in cool temperatures and high humidity. But then…there are CAVES.
Imagine a winery cave system that is 18 stories high, consisting of four vertical levels with one level a full five stories high. That’s not a winery cave. That’s a monument to engineering.
And it exists in the form of Palmaz Vineyards, a newer winery located in southern Napa Valley on the site of an abandoned winery once called Cedar Knolls. Palmaz is producing stellar Cabernets that represent a decided focus on elegance and age-worthiness. It’s also producing a huge reaction to the amazing caves in which its winery is housed.
The four-level underground structure is also a monument to efficiency and careful winemaking practices. Winemakers prize the opportunity to not have to use pumps to move their wine from tanks to barrels. But to do this without pumps you need to use gravity and for gravity you need height. Hence, Palmaz brings their grapes into the caves at the top 4th level, known as the “Fermentation Dome”—a four-story high bubble, 54 feet high by 72 feet wide, carved into the rock where grapes are placed in tanks that rotate on a carousel. The walls of the Dome were hand troweled smooth so movies can be projected onto the walls. The Dome is in fact the world’s largest reinforced underground structure.
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winery and vineyards, could have imagined what his once celebrated land would eventually hold. That applies to the current owners too, Dr. Julio Palmaz and wife Amalia. They reportedly did not start out with plans to build this kind of structure, but rather saw the property and underground caves “evolve” over time.
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This vendor is located at 2545 Napa Valley Corporate Drive, Napa, CA, 94558.
Palmaz 2002 Estate Cabernet Sauvignon
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Red , Cabernet Sauvignon
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Palmaz 2009 Amalia Napa Valley Chardonnay
NAP990 Palmaz Vineyards
California , Napa Valley
White , Chardonnay
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Palmaz 2007 Estate Cabernet Sauvignon Magnum (1.5 L)
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Palmaz 2007 Estate Cabernet Sauvignon
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California , Napa Valley
Red , Cabernet Sauvignon
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Palmaz 2006 Estate Cabernet Sauvignon Magnum (1.5 L)
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California , Napa Valley
Red , Cabernet Sauvignon
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Cedar Knoll Vineyard Co. 2007 Cabernet Sauvignon
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California , Napa Valley
Red , Cabernet Sauvignon
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