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Woodhall produces a full range of table wines, including dry, sweet, and dessert styles. The wines are segmented into three groups, each delivering good value: inexpensive everyday wines; mid-priced premium wines; and rich, complex super varietals. Woodhall wines carry recommendations for use with food, generally through the use of a back label.
Three Woodhall wines, Seyval, Riesling, and Copernica Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon have been selected as Best-of-Show wines at the Maryland Governor's Cup Wine Judging. Woodhall Riesling was selected by the Goddard Space Center as one of three "40th Anniversary" wines. Maryland Public Television selected Woodhall's Cabernet Sauvignon as its "30th Anniversary" wine. Woodhall Seyval was the "Aquarium White" of the National Aquarium in Baltimore and most recently, the 2001 Cabernet Sauvignon was selected by the National Federation for the Blind as the dedication wine for it's new training center in Baltimore.
Woodhall wines are fermented in small lots, keeping the fruit from each vineyard separate, so that Woodhall's blending program can take maximum advantage of "terroir" (the effects of climate and soils on fruit, hence wine, quality). The wines are aged in barrel and bottle until ready for consumption - they are never released prematurely. All Woodhall wines but two are blends of grapes from different sources or of different varieties depending on which gives the best aroma, flavor, and taste characteristics. The two exceptions, so far, are a single vineyard Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon from Copernica Vineyard in Northern Maryland and a single vineyard and Reserve Vidal Blanc from Golden Run Vineyards in Sudlersville.
Each Woodhall wine must be impeccably good to reach market. Therefore, not every varietal is vintage-dated every year (e.g. there is no 2003 Cabernet Sauvignon). Sound varietal wines with non-varietal characteristics become blending components of generic wines. On the other hand, when certain years produce superior fruit, the wines from that fruit receive special recognition as "Reserve" wines (1991, 1995, 1997, 2002, and 2005 Copernica Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon); a 2004 Copernica Reserve Cabernet Franc; and a 2006 Golden Run Reserve Vidal Blanc, and "Estate Bottled" wines (the 1999 and 2001 Gunpowder Falls Chardonnay). In the red wine program, a certain hierarchy of decision making takes place. Barrels are tasted first for individual quality, then a decision is made as to the presence of a Reserve quality wine. then the quantity and blending balance between three wines--Parkton Prestige (a Bordeaux-style red), Woodhall Merlot, and the Cabernet Sauvignon--is decided. Any wine still remaining finds its way into the non-varietal red blends. Tours and tasting include barrel samples of various wines upon request. Each year during February's Barrel Tasting, Woodhall selects wines for a special "Futures" offering, affording the public an opportunity to taste and purchase wine not yet bottled at less than market prices.
Patricia's White: A plesant dry wine dedicated to Patricia Lang, wife of Chris Lang, a co-owner of Woodhall.
Gunpowder Falls White: Fine structure with no oak, vineous, smooth texture. Great food wine; especially nice with poultry, fish and lighter dishes.
Seyval: Well balanced, typical fruit, with subtle oak flavor. Spicier and lighter than Chardonnay. A bit like Sauvignon Blanc. Try it with veal, pork, chicken, and even steamed crabs.
Chardonnay: Fruity, subtle oak; European in character; Nicely complex with great depth. Nice finish. Also great with steamed crabs.
Rose of Sangiovese: A dry pink wine from Sangiovese grapes;
perfect for pate, picnic and parlor sipping.
Cabernet
Sauvignon: Balanced fruit, tannins and oak in a barrel-aged Cabernet.
Enjoy it with beef, veal, lamb, or just plain pasta. Compliments grilled
foods.
Chambourcin: Mid purple color, full of flavor with
medium body. Great party wine, and the wine for grilled salmon and
tuna.
Merlot: A medium bodied wine. Softer than Cabernet
Sauvignon. Ready for drinking.
Gunpowder Falls Red: Soft
tannins, full flavor. A nice everyday dinner wine when you wish to impress
for less.
Cabernet Franc: A light blended wine in the
"chinon" style. Soft and luscious.
Tuscano: This delightful light-bodied,
full-flavored red has soft tannins and a nice finish. It compliments pate,
veal, lamb, and most pasta dishes. Available only through the winery.
Angler White: Woodhall's standard semi-sweet
table wine. If you are a blush wine fan, you will like Vidal
Blanc.
Angler Red: Our sweeter red wine. Blush fans will
also like this one.
Party Garnet: An entertainingly sweet
wine for those who consider most wines too dry.
Vignoles:
Wonderful Bouquet, nice sweetness in the Germanic style.
Parkton
Prestige: A blend of Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, and Cabernet Franc
which has married into a soft, flavorful, well-balanced red
wine.
Copernica Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon 2005: The fifth
offering in our Reserve program, following the 1991, 1995 "Lot III", 1997, and 2002. A truly "fine" wine.
Late Harvest Vignoles: It's sweet
at 6.5% Residual Sugar and 9% Alcohol. Wonderful with most desserts,
especially those which are fruit or chocolate based.
Golden Run Reserve Vidal Blanc 2006: Honeyed melon aromas; advanced Vidal flavors; a long finish.