![]() ![]() ![]() When the Araujo family sold their legendary Eisele Vineyard, they very deliberately shifted from the single-vineyard model to multi-vineyard blending for their new brand, Accendo Cellars. What better excuse (along with the lower price tags, of course) to grab a bottle on a whim to punch up taco Tuesday!įlagship Wine: Accendo Cellars Cabernet Sauvignon, $365, 100 points for the 2018 from Antonio Galloni at Vinous. Which brings me to one more advantage of “little sister” wines-many are crafted to be enjoyable at an earlier age than their older sibs. As Beth Novak Milliken, president and CEO of Spottswoode, quipped to me once, “Our members have to have something to drink while our Spottswoode Estate is coming around in their cellars.” Her solution: Lyndenhurst, a terrific Cabernet made from both the Spottswoode Estate Vineyard as well as acclaimed family-owned vineyards from other parts of Napa Valley. Pahlmeyer has had its Jayson, and Opus One its Overture. Of course, second wines aren’t a new invention. (Who you know matters in Napa Valley.) In all cases, though, the “decommissioned” wine benefits from the skill of star winemakers. ![]() Others are blended from great vineyards across the region, the fruit acquired through the vintner’s or acclaimed winemaker’s grower connections. In broad strokes, many of these so-called “second” wines are products of pedigreed estate vineyards, made from fruit that didn’t quite make the cut for the winery’s flagship bottling-a perfect win-win use of grapes that have enjoyed leaf-by-leaf farming alongside the barrels that did make the cut. But one consumer-friendly trend that has emerged from the era has the potential to improve our wine consumption at home for the foreseeable future: a small flurry of “little sister” wines-new labels created by exclusive (and elusive) brands at wallet-friendly prices that over-deliver with good fruit and great winemaking. Now, as restaurant dining is an option once again, and wine country is fully open to visitors (albeit mostly by appointment-another pandemic adjustment that only enhances the experience), some of those accommodations seem likely to stay in place. How to Make an Infante, the Almond-Accented Margarita That Eases You From Summer to Fall 11 Excellent Margarita Glasses for Your Next Cocktail PartyĬasa Dragones’ New Tequila Is the First to Be Aged in Rare Japanese Oak ![]()
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