“My passion is not only for wine, but by incredible desire to help guide each vintage to represent this moment in time that we then place in a bottle,” says Jake. Their “Cassie” Petite Sirah is named for their oldest daughter.īringing this vision to fruition is Winemaker Jake Stuessy. Their vision is to create wines that are dynamic, complex, and embody the classical ideals that define the world’s finest wines and represent their family. He follows in the footsteps of his father by striving to ensure consistency through balancing opposing elements during the winemaking process. Upon traditions of winemaking handed down through his family since 1938. In 2001, they established their own label to showcase their fruit. Their highly coveted grapes have long been used in well-known wines, such as Sin Zin and Ravenswood. Davis has rated this as the best growing region for Petite Sirah in California.įrank and Liz Vezér are helping to bolster the valley’s reputation with Vezér Family Vineyard. Only eight miles long and three miles wide, this bucolic slice of heaven boasts exceptional soil and a perfect micro-climate with significant marine influence that enables vines to develop the choicest grapes. This little-known AVA, nicknamed “Little Sister Sue,” is actually one of the oldest in California, and pre-Prohibition it was home to the largest winery in North America. They have, for me, some nice wines at both spots. Wine tastings is completely an individual process, all dependent on what you like, fruit tones, leather, chocolate to crisp versus jammy & deep flavor notes. Nestled between two coastal mountain ranges, only 12 miles from historic downtown Napa, the Suisun Valley (pronounced “suesoon”) is a true hidden gem. The wines were yummy, starting with their white then immediately into their various reds.
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