Darioush
Sage Vineyard
2019 Red Table Wine
Mount Veeder
Auction 26 | Lot No. 23
Vintage: 2019
Darioush
Sage Vineyard
Red Table Wine
Mount Veeder
5 cases produced
Highlights
- Fruit for your wine was grown on our Sage Vineyard estate, atop the rocky slopes of Mount Veeder, perched at 1,800 feet in altitude
- Small berry size is a standard of this site, contributing to flavor concentration and fine tannins
- Comprised of equal parts Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot
- Bright and expressive with deep blackberry and sweet herbal notes balanced by stony minerality
Description
This exceptional red blend highlights the high-elevation, Mount Veeder site that is the cornerstone of Darioush Signature and Darius II wines. The marine-influenced, rocky slopes of Sage Vineyard are responsible for cultivating wines with inherent complexity, power and finesse. Each block of Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot selected for your Premiere Napa Valley blend expresses the purity of this site and the variety in equal measure. Elevating this harmonious blending, the remarkable 2019 vintage in Napa Valley—with its moderate weather and extended hang time—enhanced the wine’s most desirable traits, imparting exceptional vibrancy of fruit, freshness, and balance. This is an ageworthy offering, poised to reward the patient collector.
Wine Facts
- Single vineyard wine
- Sustainably produced
- Wine is 100% estate grown and bottled
Hope Goldie
Winemaker, Darioush
Hope Goldie is our master of a thousand decisions. Hope oversees all oenology and wine production operations; she carries on the meticulous attention paid in the vineyard into the cellar, laboratory and crush pad. Her work is in the fine tuning – lot by lot, she applies her vast knowledge of fermentation science, sensory chemistry, viticulture and enology.
Hope's dream of becoming a winemaker formed in childhood, working alongside her father in Washington making Riesling, Gewurztraminer and Carignan and was crystallized under the tutelage of sensory chemist Ann Noble at UC Davis. As her lead grad student, the California Department of Food & Agriculture sponsored Hope’s quantitative microbiology thesis work on Botrytis cineria. Her subsequent responsibilities as a Brewer at Sierra Nevada Brewing Company, and in cellar operations and oenology at Opus One and other fine estates throughout Napa Valley strengthened her desire to make exceptional, high-end Bordeaux blends.
Hope joined Darioush as our Enologist in 2005 and continued her contributions as Winemaker alongside Darioush's founding Winemaker, Steve Devitt, for ten years before being promoted to Director of Winemaking beginning with the 2018 vintage. Today, Hope continues to oversee all aspects of winemaking at Darioush and extends her expertise as a member of the Board of Directors for the American Society of Enology and Viticulture.
Country born: United States
Education: M.S. in Food Science and Technology/Enology, University of California, Davis, 1998 B.A. History, Earlham College, 1990.
Years in the wine industry: 20-30 years
Winemaking Philosophy:
I’m an advocate of site-expressive, varietally correct wines. My approach is to remain as hands-off as possible, allowing the vineyard to shine through in the finished wine.
Winery Distribution
Darioush is distributed in the following markets. Please contact the winery directly for the most up-to-date distribution information and to explore commercial opportunities.
Darioush Contact: Fatmah Freimund
Domestic:
- Alabama ( Pinnacle imports )
- Arizona ( Maverick Beverage Company of Arizona- Quench )
- Arkansas ( SOUTHERN GLAZERS OF AR )
- California ( REPUBLIC NATIONAL DISTRIBUTING COMPANY )
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- Georgia ( REPUBLIC NATIONAL DISTRIBUTING CO )
- Hawaii ( SOUTHERN GLAZERS WINE & SPIRITS )
- Illinois ( WINEBOW, INC )
- Indiana ( REPUBLIC NATIONAL DISTRIBUTING COMPANY )
- Iowa ( REPUBLIC NATIONAL DISTRIBUTING COMPANY )
- Kansas ( STANDARD BEVERAGE )
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- Louisiana ( REPUBLIC NATIONAL DISTRIBUTING COMPANY )
- Maryland ( REPUBLIC NATIONAL DISTRIBUTING COMPANY )
- Massachusetts ( HORIZON BEVERAGE )
- Michigan ( GREAT LAKES WINE & SPIRITS )
- Mississippi ( MADVINES & SPIRITS )
- Missouri ( BREAKTHRU BEVERAGE MISSOURI )
- Montana ( GEORGE'S DISTRIBUTING )
- Nebraska ( QUAIL DISTRIBUTING )
- Nevada ( SOUTHERN WINE & SPIRITS/J&P WHOLESALE )
- New Hampshire ( PERFECTA WINES )
- New Jersey ( FREDERICK WILDMAN AND SONS )
- New Mexico ( REPUBLIC NATIONAL DISTRIBUTING COMPANY )
- New York ( VINTUS NEW YORK )
- North Carolina ( TRYON DISTRIBUTING )
- Ohio ( HEIDELBERG DISTRIBUTING COMPANY )
- Oklahoma ( PREMIUM BRANDS WINE & SPIRITS COMPANY )
- Oregon ( CASA BRUNO )
- Rhode Island ( HORIZON BEVERAGE )
- South Carolina ( REPUBLIC NATIONAL DISTRIBUTING COMPANY )
- Tennessee ( LIPMAN BROTHERS )
- Tennessee ( SOUTHERN GLAZERS OF TN )
- Texas ( REPUBLIC NATIONAL DISTRIBUTING COMPANY )
- Utah ( VINE LORE )
- Virginia ( REPUBLIC NATIONAL DISTRIBUTING COMPANY )
- Washington ( VEHRS DISTRIBUTING )
- Wisconsin ( L'EFT BANK WINE COMPANY )
International:
- Belgium ( NIEUWEWERELDWIJNEN )
- Bermuda ( GOSLING'S LTD )
- Canada ( The Case for Wine | Toronto | Ontario )
- Canada - Alberta ( Artisan Wines )
- Canada - British Columbia ( NEW WORLD WINES )
- China ( Looking for representation )
- Denmark ( OTTO SUENSON & CO )
- Dominican Republic ( El Catador )
- Germany ( CALIFORNIA WINES )
- Hong Kong ( Looking for representation )
- Japan ( DEPT PLANNING CO., LTD )
- Luxembourg ( AMCELLARS )
- Mexico ( VIPARMEX )
- Netherlands ( IC-WINES BV )
- Norway ( Looking for representation )
- Puerto Rico ( Fine Wine Imports )
- Russia ( Looking for representation )
- Singapore ( PINNACLE WINE & SPIRITS )
- South Korea ( Wine2UKorea )
- Sweden ( Soutirage AB )
- Taiwan ( PROWINE CO. LTD )
- United Arab Emirates ( AFRICAN + EASTERN )
- United Kingdom ( THE VINEYARD CELLARS )
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