Leese-Fitch Sauvignon Blanc is a crisp and refreshing wine. This wine has clean aromas of lemon peel, ground ginger, and blanched almonds. The palate has a bright acidity that carries along zesy and refreshing flavors of fresh citrus and white nectarine. This is a perfect wine for any time of the year and goes especially well with organic mixed greens in a fines herbes-lemon vinaigrette and grilled pork chops with a Moroccan glaze, almonds, endive, and fresh veggies.
This medium-bodied wine, is intensely golden in color, and exudes aromas of tangerine, citrus, pineapple and green apple. The flavors are in sync and crisp with the notable presence of both orange and peach. The finish on this Chardonnay is exceptionally smooth and balanced, which makes it a wine that is easy to enjoy.
Leese-Fitch Cabernet Sauvignon offers deep purple color and wonderful fruity aromatics. This Cab blend starts off with aromas of blackberry cobbler, cassis, sandalwood, and herbs du provence. The flavors burst from the glass with notes of dark cherry, sweet leather, black currants, and toasted cardamom finishing with a hint of spearmint, dried fig, and toasty vanilla notes from a combo of French and American oak.
Dark ruby in color, the Leese Fitch Pinot Noir boasts aromas ofwild strawberry, violets, dark plum, and vanilla spiked oak. Flavors reminiscent of dark plum, raspberry, tobacco leaf,cocoa nibs, and rhubarb finishing with a hint of earthy loam, black cherry, and toffee. The crisp acidity keeps youcoming back for more.
With brambly purple color, the vanilla notes burst from the glass. Then the aroma turns towards strawberry jam, plum, and crushed cardamom. The mouth fills with flavors of ripe black raspberry, sweetened cranberry cocktail, fresh summer cherries, toasted almond, and summer plums. The finish has layers of vanilla bean from a combination of French and American oak with a touch of complexity from notes of Brazil nut and sweet raspberry cordial. The acidity keeps the wine bright while the fruit flavors bounce between sweet and tart.
With deep garnet color, the 2012 Leese Fitch Zinfandel has aromas of raspberries, fresh grated ginger, cinnamon stick, black cherry, and vanilla cream pie. The flavors marry seamlessly with the aroma showing notes of black cherry, fresh cranberry, raspberry hard candy, crème soda, nutmeg, and finishes with American oak flavors of vanilla and coconut. The wine goes very well with lamb sliders topped with arugula or deep-dish lasagna with sausage and sweet roasted red peppers. A vegetarian option would be vegetable biryani with a mild heat level.
Bold and spicy, this dry wine is saturated with toasty oak and vanilla flavors over plum and prune. Made from mostly Petite Sirah and Syrah, it has medium body and a smooth texture.