HALL Harvest Retreat 2023
Agenda (Subject to change)
Sunday, October 1, 2023
4:00-6:00 pm: Welcome Reception | Hall St. Helena
Introduction to our Wine Varieties and Growing Regions
Hosts Craig and Kathryn Hall and Mike Reynolds will welcome you to the Harvest Immersion and lead a tasting of the core grape varieties and growing regions from which we produce HALL, WALT, and BACA wines.
Wines Tasted during Reception:
- 2020 WALT 'Sangiacomo Vineyard' Chardonnay, Sonoma Coast
- 2020 WALT 'The Corner's' Pinot Noir, Anderson Valley
- 2020 BACA 'Somersault' Zinfandel, Pachini Ranch, Mendocino County
- 2020 HALL 'Jack’s Masterpiece' Cabernet Sauvignon, Napa Valley
6 pm: Dinner
We’ll welcome you with a spectacular Harvest Dinner at Hall St. Helena Winery including vertical of Clos Pepe and Kathryn Hall in large format bottles.
Wines Tasted:
- 2022 BACA 'Stargazing' White Wine (Marsanne/Rousanne)
- 2022 HALL 'Knight's Valley' Sauvignon Blanc, Sonoma County
- 2012 WALT 'Gaps Crown' Pinot Noir, Sonoma Coast, 3L
- 2016 WALT 'Gap’s Crown' Pinot Noir, Sonoma Coast, 3L
- 2019 HALL 'Kathryn Hall' Cabernet Sauvignon - 1.5L
- 2018 HALL 'Kathryn Hall' Cabernet Sauvignon - 1.5L
- 2016 HALL 'Kathryn Hall' Cabernet Sauvignon - 1.5L
- 2011 HALL 'Kathryn Hall' Cabernet Sauvignon - 1.5L
Monday, October 2, 2023
7 am: Buses depart for Vineyard.
7:30 am: HARVEST!
We will harvest grapes from the 2022 vintage. Your experience will be led by Don Munk, Director of Vineyards, HALL.
Attire: Work Clothes. Harvesting grapes is physical, dirty and dusty work,so dress appropriately. Napa Valley is known for its cool mornings so please layer clothing and wear tennis shoes or boots.
9:30 am: Depart to HALL St. Helena
10:00 am: Sort grapes and participate in fermentation, pump-overs, and tasting of fermenting 2022
wines.
11:30am: Harvest Lunch | HALL St. Helena
Wines tasted:
- 2022 WALT Rose of Pinot Noir, California
- 2021 BACA ‘Homebase’ Zinfandel, Dry Creek Valley
- 2021 WALT ‘Blue Jay’ Pinot Noir, Anderson Valley
- 2016 HALL 'Jack's Masterpiece' Cabernet Sauvignon, Napa Valley
1–3 pm: Hall Wines Mountain Vineyard Verticals |HALL St. Helena
Vertical Tasting of Stags Leap, Mount Veeder, and Howell Mountain wines. Experience a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to taste a curated, library flight of our most coveted mountain vineyards led by our winemaking team.
Wines tasted:
- 2010 HALL 'Stag’s Leap District' Cabernet Sauvignon, Napa Valley
- 2012 HALL 'Stag’s Leap District’' Cabernet Sauvignon, Napa Valley
- 2014 HALL 'Stag’s Leap District’' Cabernet Sauvignon, Napa Valley
- 2018 HALL 'Stag’s Leap District’' Cabernet Sauvignon, Napa Valley
- 2006 HALL 'Segassia Vineyard' Cabernet Sauvignon, Mount Veeder
- 2009 HALL 'Segassia Vineyard' Cabernet Sauvignon, Mount Veeder
- 2013 HALL 'Segassia Vineyard' Cabernet Sauvignon, Mount Veeder
- 2019 HALL 'Beller Vineyard' Cabernet Sauvignon, Mount Veeder
- 2010 HALL 'Howell Mountain' Cabernet Sauvignon, Napa Valley
- 2013 HALL 'Howell Mountain' Cabernet Sauvignon, Napa Valley
- 2015 HALL 'Howell Mountain' Cabernet Sauvignon, Napa Valley
- 2019 HALL 'Howell Mountain' Cabernet Sauvignon, Napa Valley
5:00: Festive Barbeque and music | HALL St. Helena
Wines Tasted:
- 2020 WALT Chardonnay, Sonoma Coast
- 2020 BACA ‘Tug o’ War’ Zinfandel, Russian River, Sonoma County
- 2020 BACA ‘Cat's Cradle’ Zinfandel, Rockpile, Sonoma County
- 2015 WALT 'Clos Pepe' Pinot Noir, Santa Rita Hills
- 2014 WALT 'Sierra Mar' Pinot Noir, Santa Lucia Highlands
- 2016 HALL 'Montagna Vineyards' Cabernet Sauvignon, Napa Valley
- 2016 HALL 'Sacrashe' Cabernet Sauvignon, Napa Valley
Tuesday, October 3, 2023
7:30 am: Buses leave for Vineyard (TBD)
8:00 am: Vineyard tour, tasting, and discussion of important factors in grapegrowing History and diversity
Wines Tasted: TBD Based on Vineyard visit.
9:00 am: Board Bus for HALL Winery
9:30 am: Blending Exercise
Participants will be broken into teams and each team will blend Cabernet Sauvignon from some of the best sub-appellations of the Napa Valley. Led by the winemaking
team. The winning blend will be bottled and distributed to all participants.
Wines tasted:
- 2022 WALT Rose of Pinot Noir, California
- 2019 BACA 'I spy' Zinfandel, Howell Mountain, Napa Valley
- 2014 WALT 'Rita's Crown' Pinot Noir, Santa Lucia Highlands, Santa Barbara
- 2019 HALL 'Exzellenz' Cabernet Sauvignon, Napa Valley
1 pm: Pinot Noir Appellation Tasting
Guests will explore the differences between terroir, clone, and production techniques as we taste taste and compare a horizontal from the 2017 vintage.
Wines Tasted:
- 2017 WALT 'Shea Vineyard' Pinot Noir, Oregon
- 2017 WALT ‘Brown Ranch’ Pinot Noir, Carneros, Napa Valley
- 2017 WALT 'The Corners' Pinot Noir, Anderson Valley
- 2017 WALT 'Rosellas' Pinot Noir, Santa Lucia Highlands
- 2017 WALT 'Sierra Mar' Pinot Noir, Santa Lucia Highlands
- 2017 WALT 'Rita’s Crown' Pinot Noir, Santa Rita Hills
- 2017 WALT ‘Clos Pepe’ Pinot Noir, Santa Rita Hills
- 2017 WALT 'Gap’s Crown Pinot Noir, Sonoma Coast
- 2017 WALT 'Bob’s Ranch' Pinot Noir, Sonoma Coast
3 pm: Free Time
6 pm: Finale Dinner and Awards – St. Helena Winery
We’ll send you off with a spectacular meal under the Stars with your friends – old and new. There will be an award ceremony for our ‘Winemakers' in training, and we’ll feature a flight of library and large format bottles from our cellar.
Wines Served:
- 2014 WALT 'Sangiacomo' Chardonnay, Sonoma Coast
- 2019 HALL Knights Valley' Sauvignon Blanc, Sonoma County
- 2016 WALT 'Bob's Ranch' Pinot Noir, Sonoma Coast – 1.5L
- 2010 WALT 'Sierra Mar' Pinot Noir, Santa Lucia Highlands
- 2018 BACA 'Marbles' Zinfandel, Pocai Vineyard, Napa Valley
- 2007 HALL 'Kathryn Hall' Cabernet Sauvignon, Napa Valley - 9L
- 2013 HALL 'Jack’s Masterpiece' Cabernet Sauvignon, Napa Valley
- 2014 HALL 'Rainin Vineyard' Cabernet Sauvignon, Diamond Mountain District, Napa Valley
