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Inaugural Dos Lagos Vineyards cab released – St. Helena Star

The white and gray volcanic rock on Tom and Marcie Dinkel’s property is called “tuff.” It’s hard to grow grapes in this ground with the topsoil measuring about four inches  — the soil drains quickly and the vines don’t 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.”

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