Wine in Livermore Valley

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93 points, California State Fair Commercial Wine Competition 92 points, The Tasting Panel Magazine 92 points, San Diego International Wine Challenge The 2017 Wente Vineyards Southern Hills Cabernet Sauvignon welcomes you with floral bouquet aromatics, balanced by ripe blueberries, raspberries and black olives. On the palate this wine delivers ripe plum and boysenberry with subtle, yet playful tannins.

Wente Vineyards Estate Grown Morning Fog Chardonnay is named for the morning coastal fog pushed by Pacific wind streams into the bowl of the San Francisco Bay, and lured inland by Livermore Valley’s unique East-West orientation. This daily phenomenon moderates the climate to produce excellent, beautifully balanced Chardonnay. Planted on various Wente clones, which are all harvested and vinified separately, the variation within the vineyards adds to the complexity of the wine. The 2018 Morning Fog Chardonnay bursts with aromatics from citrus, lemon curd, pear and toasty oak. This wine is balanced by hints of vanilla and citrus on the palate, finishing with a nice acidity.

Wente Vineyards Estate Grown Wetmore Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon is named after one of the Livermore Valley’s most prominent pioneers, California’s fi rst agricultural commissioner renowned for planting vine cuttings from many of Bordeaux’s top Châteaux in the temperate Livermore Valley in the 1880s. The descendants of vines Wetmore brought from France thrive today in the gravelly loam soils of our certifi ed sustainable estate vineyards between the Arroyo del Valle and the Arroyo Mocho, streams fl owing from the southern hills of the Livermore Valley. From their origins in Margaux in the 19th century to the present, only the best of these Cabernet Sauvignon vines have been selected for each new generation planted. And they are prized for making wines with intensity, depth of flavor, and rich, lush body.

Flavors of red cherry, anise, and a hint of vanilla, abound in our Cabernet Sauvignon. This wine is well balanced with medium tannins, a smooth mid-palate and a spicy, coffee finish.

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Wente Vineyards Estate Grown Sandstone Merlot comes from a gently sloping formation of hills running along the southeastern corner of the historic Livermore Valley. With warm days, cool nights, well-drained sandstone soils, and incoming breezes from the San Francisco Bay, the Wente family’s hillside vineyard is an ideal place to grow outstanding Merlot and Bordeaux varieties. The 2016 Sandstone Merlot has inviting notes of ripe fig and pomegranate, with a hint of sandalwood. This delicious Merlot bursts with berry flavors from cranberry, grilled cherry and acai, finishing with a nice lingering acidity.

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Just as an artist chooses their canvas, we have selected each vineyard for its individual characteristics that enhance each of our grape varietals. The Livermore Valley is the perfect climate for growing world-class wine grapes. Forty-degree temperature swings daily during the growing season allow for longer hang time as the grapes mature during the warmer, sunny days, yet slow down and maintain their acidity during the cool, breezy nights. This not only creates lower yield, higher concentrated berries, but allows for full development of sugar, adding complexity to the grapes, as well as producing bright, bold fruit flavors in the wine. From our Livermore Valley vineyards, our portfolio of wines includes traditional Bordeaux inspired red blends of Merlot, Cabernet Franc, Malbec and Cabernet Sauvignon from the Crown Block Vineyard; Award winning Chardonnays and a field-blend of Zinfandel and Petite Sirah from the Hoffman/DeMayo Vineyard; Merlot from the Picazo Vineyard; and Cabernet Sauvignon, Petite Sirah and Syrah from the Madden Ranch vineyard. From Rava’s Blackjack Vineyard in Monterey we source our rare and exceptional Grüner Veltliner as well as an expressive Sauvignon Blanc and Pinot Noir. Each wine features an image of its terroir painted by Darcie, which serves to communicate the characteristics of each vineyard.

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Wente Vineyards Estate Grown Louis Mel Sauvignon Blanc is named after a French emigrant, Louis Mel, who traveled to the western United States in the 1870’s seeking a place to make wines to rival the great French Crus. He found the ideal home in the Livermore Valley. Acquiring Sauvignon Blanc and Semillon cuttings from the Marquis de Lur-Saluces, owner of the famed Chateau Y’quem, he planted them in his vineyards. The Wente family acquired the Louis Mel estate in the 1930’s, where the descendants of these vines, located in the southern Livermore Valley, live in gravel and loam soils that are similar to the terroir of their native Bordeaux. The 2018 Louis Mel Sauvignon Blanc is welcoming with fresh aromatics from flint, guava to wet stone, balanced by notes of mandarin and lime zest. This wine has a beautiful and lean minerality, bright acidity and a lingering finish.

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The Pinot Noir, Reserve displays opulent flavors of dark cherry, plum and raspberry.

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The 2011 Chardonnay, Conservancy is a wonderfully expressive wine that is rich and creamy, yet fresh. Ripe fruit flavors of apple and pear lead to a hint of butter and caramel on the palate. The finish is elegant with a touch of vanilla and oak.