Silverado Vineyards
2018 Cabernet Sauvignon
"Disney-Silverado Heritage Clone"
Stags Leap District AVA
Auction 24 | Lot No. 174
Vintage: 2018
Silverado Vineyards
Cabernet Sauvignon
Stags Leap District
5 cases produced
Highlights
- 100% Cabernet Sauvignon crafted from the Silverado Vineyard, first planted to vinifera in 1884
- Exclusive bottling of the foundation of Silverado Vineyard’s flagship wine, SOLO
- Selected from the best single block of Disney-Silverado Heritage Clone (UC Davis 30)
- One of three Cabernet Sauvignon clones to receive the Heritage designation and the only one from Stags Leap District
Description
This exclusive bottling of 100 percent Cabernet Sauvignon hails from our Silverado Vineyard in Stags Leap District, one of the six vineyards on our family-owned estate. This wine is crafted exclusively from the best single block of the Disney-Silverado Heritage clone, registered as UC Davis Cabernet 30. It is one of only three Cabernet Sauvignon clones to attain this status, and the only one in Stags Leap District.
Wine Facts
- Single vineyard wine
- Sustainably produced
- Wine is 100% estate grown and bottled
Jonathan Emmerich
Winemaker, Silverado Vineyards
In 1990 Jon Emmerich joined Jack Stuart as winemaker at Silverado Vineyards; in 2015, Emmerich celebrated his 25th anniversary. In the just over three decades since it was established, Silverado Vineyards has benefited from Stuart and Emmerich's five decades of winemaking experience at the estate.
Country born: United States
Education: In 1985, Jonathan interned in the Cognac region in France. After graduating from The University of California, Davis in 1987 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Fermentation Science with an emphasis in Enology, he worked a harvest at Stag's Leap Wine Cellars. He then spent a year at Conn Creek Winery and Sebastiani Vineyards before joining Silverado Vineyards as a Lab Technician in 1990.
Jonathan soon moved into the position of assistant winemaker and became associate winemaker in 1997. He was named winemaker one year later.
Years in the wine industry: 20-30 years
Honors / Awards:
Jon is past president of the Napa Valley Wine Tech Group and past president of the Winemaking Techniques Committee of the California Enological Research Association. He is currently on the Board of The Trellis Alliance, an advisory committee to The University of California, Davis Viticulture and Enology Department.
Winemaking Philosophy:
People talk about a winemaker being an artist, but I never start with a blank canvas. There is a quality to the sites, and to the fruit, that shows itself every year no matter what the vintage brings. I've been working with our estate for over 25 years and still ask everyday, what can we do to make the wine better? My work is to bring the qualities of the estate to the wine, to make wines of harmony and depth.
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Winery Distribution
Silverado 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.
Domestic:
- Alabama (Authentic Wines & Spirits)
- Alabama (International Wines, Inc)
- Arizona (Authentic Wines & Spirits)
- Arizona (SGWS)
- Arkansas (SGWS)
- California (SGWS)
- Colorado (SGWS)
- Connecticut (Brescome Barton)
- Delaware (SGWS)
- Florida (SGWS)
- Georgia (Georgia Crown)
- Hawaii (SGWS)
- Idaho (CSB)
- Illinois (SGWS)
- Indiana (SGWS)
- Iowa (SGWS)
- Kansas (Standard Beverage Corp)
- Kentucky (SGWS)
- Louisiana (SGWS)
- Maine (National Distributors Inc)
- Maryland (SGWS)
- Massachusetts (Classic Wine Imports)
- Michigan (Vintage Wine Company)
- Mississippi (Mississippi ABC)
- Missouri (SGWS)
- Montana (Winegardeners Wine)
- Montana (George's Distributing Inc)
- Montana (Summit Beverage)
- Nebraska (SGWS)
- Nevada (SGWS)
- New Hampshire (SGWS)
- New Jersey (SGWS)
- New Mexico (SGWS)
- New York (SGWS)
- North Carolina (Johnson Brothers)
- Ohio (Heidelberg Distributors)
- Oklahoma (SGWS)
- Oregon (SGWS)
- Pennsylvania (SGWS)
- Pennsylvania (SGWS)
- Rhode Island (Rhode Island Dist)
- South Carolina (SGWS)
- Tennessee (SGWS)
- Texas (SGWS)
- Utah (ABC UTAH)
- Vermont (Farrell Distributing Co)
- Virginia (RNDC Virginia)
- Washington (SGWS)
- West Virginia (Mountain State Beverage)
- Wisconsin (Johnson Brothers)
- Wyoming (Wyoming Liquor Commission)
International:
- Bermuda (Gosling)
- Brazil (Berkmann do Brasil)
- Canada - Alberta (Monarq)
- Canada - British Columbia (Authentic Wines & Spirits)
- Canada - British Columbia (Vintage Corks)
- Canada - Nova Scotia (The Nova Scotia Liquor Commission)
- Canada - Ontario (Kylix)
- Canada - Ontario (Toronto Warehouse)
- Canada - Quebec (Vineo)
- Denmark (Laudrup)
- Guam (Islands Wine & Spirits)
- Hong Kong (Enoteca Hong Kong Co.)
- Japan (Wine in Style)
- Mexico (Los Cabos Wine)
- Philippines (AWC Philippines)
- Russia (Bravo Trade LLC)
- Singapore (Vinicole)
- South Korea (Hite-Jinro)
- Taiwan (Sergio Valente )
- Thailand (Vanichwathana Fine Wines)
- United Kingdom (Berkmann Cellars)