Cliff Lede Vineyards
High Fidelity Blanc
2021 White Wine
Stags Leap District
Auction 26 | Lot No. 18
Vintage: 2021
Cliff Lede Vineyards
High Fidelity Blanc
White Wine
Stags Leap District
10 cases produced
Highlights
- Your 100% estate grown wine comes from our absolute best barrels of Sauvignon Blanc and Sémillon
- Planted in a rocky, gravelly section of our famed Twin Peaks Vineyard in the Stags Leap District nested appellation
- Unctuous and gorgeously perfumed with the seamless energy and power to age gracefully for decades
- The wine underwent élevage in the finest French oak cooperage
Description
Our estate 2021 High Fidelity Blanc is uniquely crafted for Premiere Napa Valley and represents the highest expression of Cliff Lede Vineyards. A profound light yellow/green/gold color, this opulent elixir is stunningly rich, full-bodied and intense. Your wine offers a powerful, concentrated honeyed grapefruit character intermixed with citrus oil, candle wax, honeysuckle flowers and quince marmalade. It boasts a vibrant acidity and a tremendously rich mouthfeel with a long finish.
Wine Facts
- Wine is 100% estate grown and bottled
- Wine is produced in a Napa Green winery
Chris Tynan
Winemaker, Cliff Lede Vineyards
Christopher Tynan has been making exceptional wine in Napa Valley for over twenty years. Largely self-taught, he considers the great wines of the world his textbooks and a way to draw on the past for inspiration and the present to guide the future. Thus, his approach to winemaking bestows a style that pays tribute to both tradition and innovation. His exacting philosophy of only employing low-yield vines from select sites, and minimal intervention in the winery, ensures that each bottle expresses the distinct nuances of each vineyard, block, and vintage.
Christopher began his wine career in the vineyard, working summers doing irrigation management for vineyards across Napa and Sonoma counties. Following a harvest at Cain on Spring Mountain in 2004, he was given an opportunity to work the 2005 harvest with the renowned winemaker Helen Turley Wetlaufer at Blankiet Estate in Yountville. In 2006, Christopher became the assistant winemaker at the prestigious Colgin Cellars on Pritchard Hill and worked closely with Vintner Ann Colgin and Vineyard Manager David Abreu for the next five years crafting some of Napa Valley’s most critically acclaimed and collectable wines.
In 2012, Christopher was introduced to Cliff Lede by David Abreu and joined the Cliff Lede Vineyards team shortly thereafter. Christopher brings an unmatched passion and fervent attention to detail. He’s proud to have received multiple 100-point scores from critics over the years, including Robert Parker, Jeb Dunnuck and Lisa Perrotti Brown.
Christopher lives in Coombsville with his wife Katie and son James. In his free time Christopher enjoys traveling, cooking, and collecting wine.
Country born: United States
Education: BA English Texas State University
Years in the wine industry: 15-20 years
Winemaking Philosophy:
Great vineyards make great wine.
Winery Distribution
Cliff Lede Vineyards is distributed in the following markets. Please contact the winery directly for the most up-to-date distribution information and to explore commercial opportunities.
Cliff Lede Vineyards Contact: Kimberly Whistler
Domestic:
- Alabama ( Grassroots )
- Arizona ( Maverick )
- California ( RNDC )
- Colorado ( Classic Beverage Company )
- Connecticut ( Winebow )
- Delaware ( Winebow )
- Florida ( RNDC )
- Georgia ( Winebow )
- Hawaii ( RNDC )
- Idaho ( CSB )
- Illinois ( Maverick )
- Indiana ( SGWS )
- Iowa ( Okoboji )
- Kansas ( LDF )
- Kentucky ( Wine Trends )
- Kentucky ( Heidelberg )
- Louisiana ( Artisan Fine Wines )
- Maine ( Martignetti )
- Maryland ( Winebow )
- Massachusetts ( Martignetti )
- Michigan ( Little Wine Guy )
- Minnesota ( Negoce )
- Missouri ( A. Bommarito )
- Montana ( Winegardners )
- Nebraska ( Quench NE )
- Nevada ( Encore Beverage, Northern NV )
- Nevada ( SGWS - Las Vegas )
- New Hampshire ( Martignetti )
- New Jersey ( Winebow )
- New Mexico ( SGWS )
- New York ( Winebow )
- North Carolina ( Tryon )
- Ohio ( Wine Trends )
- Oklahoma ( Premium Brands )
- Pennsylvania ( Breakthru )
- South Carolina ( RNDC )
- South Dakota ( Okoboji )
- Tennessee ( Best Brands )
- Tennessee ( Tennessee Crown )
- Tennessee ( Beverage Control )
- Texas ( SGWS )
- Utah ( RNDC )
- Virginia ( Winebow )
- Washington ( Winebow )
- Wisconsin ( Select Sellars )
- Wyoming ( RNDC )
International:
- Bermuda ( Goslings Limited )
- Canada - Alberta ( The Wine Cellar )
- Canada - British Columbia ( Landmark Selections )
- Canada - Ontario ( Liquor Control Board )
- Denmark ( Fine Wines Aps )
- Japan ( Hotei Wines )
- Netherlands ( Slijterij-Wijnhandel Dielen )
- Puerto Rico ( Fine Wine Imports )
- South Korea ( BK Trading Co. Ltd. )
- Switzerland ( Putzi's Weinresidenz )
- Switzerland ( Putzi's Weinresidenz )
- Taiwan ( Thirsty Scholar )
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