PEJU
2019 Cabernet Sauvignon
"The Main Event"
Rutherford AVA
Auction 25 | Lot No. 91
Vintage: 2019
PEJU
Cabernet Sauvignon
Rutherford
5 cases produced
Highlights
- Your wine is sourced from our best blocks in the Rutherford nested appellation
- Aging 26 months in 40% new French oak
- 100% Cabernet Sauvignon
- This wine is crafted with organically grown fruit
Description
The Show must go on! Inspired by current events, this unique production of several organically grown Rutherford Cabernet Sauvignon blocks, blended together with our best tight grain French Oak barrels is like walking the high wire: intense, thrilling, full of expectation. This wine is Big and Beautiful, yet also Elegant and Elusive, Refined and Revered. Much like the Big Top, this wine will WOW (amaze, enthrall. excite), you!
Wine Facts
- Single vineyard wine
- Sustainably produced
- Wine is 100% estate grown and bottled
- Wine is produced in a Napa Green winery
Sara Fowler
Winemaker, PEJU
Sara Fowler has been named Best Local Winemaker by Napa Valley Life Magazine in 2016, 2017 and 2018. Sara began working harvests and summers at Kendall-Jackson, and then pivoted to studying enology at Fresno State and becoming a winemaker. When she arrived at PEJU in 2006 her first mission was to transition the estate vineyard into being organically farmed, which was accomplished in September 2007. Today she supervises the farming of the winery’s six estate vineyards in four different sub-AVAs of the Napa Valley.
Over the past few decades, Sara has traveled the world representing the Napa Valley as a speaker, guest panelist, and wine educator. Sara currently lives in St. Helena, her interests include travel, gourmet cooking, hiking, and Bocce. She has been actively involved with the Rutherford Dust Society since 1999, and was Board Vice President (2023-2025), Napa Valley Vintners, Napa Valley Grape Growers, Wine Tech and ASEV (American Society for Enology and Viticulture.
Country born: United States
Education: Fresno State - Enology & Viticulture
Worked abroad in Chile for Veramonte
Mentors: Jed Steele, Larry Levin, Michel Rolland
Years in the wine industry: 20-30 years
Honors / Awards:
Voted Best Local Winemaker in Napa Valley Life Magazine in 2016, 2017 and 2018
Winemaking Philosophy:
Known throughout the Napa Valley as a master blender, Sara has brought along a wealth of knowledge and creativity into the cellar since joining Peju in 2006. Sara's passion for Bordeaux varietals and knack for innovative blending make her the perfect fit to lead Peju's winemaking team. Her artisic approach towards crafting wine focuses on taking the best components from the Peju estate vineyards and blending them to create the finest possible finished product.
In September 2007, Sara headed Peju's efforts to gain organic certification in the Rutherford Vineyard and she is overseeing the winery's sustainable farming efforts in the Persephone and Wappo Vineyards with organic certification goals in the near future. This method of grape farming not only preserves the land and creates balance in the vineyard, but it also enhances the quality of the fruit.
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| The Vice | 2021 | Cabernet Sauvignon | Stags Leap District | The Wunderkind | 28 (2024) |
| Frank Family Vineyards | 2019 | Cabernet Sauvignon | Rutherford | Winston Hill Block 5 - Heart Block | 25 (2021) |
| Markham | 2019 | Red Wine | Napa Valley | The Character | 25 (2021) |
| PEJU | 2019 | Cabernet Sauvignon | Rutherford | The Main Event | 25 (2021) |
| Rombauer Vineyards | 2019 | Cabernet Sauvignon | Napa Valley | Le Meilleur du Chai | 25 (2021) |
Winery Distribution
PEJU 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 (M&J wines )
- Arizona (MAVERICK BEVERAGE CO )
- Arkansas (SOUTHERN GLAZER'S)
- California (WNEBOW FINE WINE AND SPIRITS )
- Colorado (MAVERICK BEVERAGE COMPANY)
- Connecticut (WINEBOW FINE WINE)
- Delaware (WINEBOW FINE WINE )
- Florida (MAVERICK BEVERAGE COMPANY)
- Georgia (EMPIRE DISTRIBUTING)
- Hawaii (JOHNSON BROTHER'S)
- Idaho (CS BEVERAGE BOISE)
- Illinois (MAVERICK BEVERAGE COMPANY)
- Indiana (CARROLL WINE & SPIRITS)
- Iowa (OKOBOJI WINES)
- Kentucky (RNDC)
- Louisiana (SELECT WINES)
- Maryland (WNEBOW FINE WINE AND SPIRITS )
- Massachusetts (RUBY WINES)
- Michigan (VINTAGE WNE COMPANY)
- Minnesota (MAVERICK BEVERAGE COMPANY)
- Mississippi (RNDC)
- Missouri (LOHR)
- Missouri (LOHR DISTRIBUTING)
- Nevada (CORJ DISTRIBUTORS)
- New Jersey (WINEBOW)
- New York (WINEBOW FINE WINE)
- North Carolina (JOHNSON BROTHER'S)
- Ohio (SOUTHERN GLAZER'S)
- Oklahoma (PREMIUM BRANDS)
- Oregon (VEHRS DISTRIBUTING)
- Pennsylvania (NORTHERN WINE)
- South Carolina (WINEBOW FINE WINE)
- South Dakota (OKOBOJI WINES)
- Tennessee (LIPMAN BROTHERS)
- Tennessee (EMPIRE DISTRIBUTORS)
- Texas (MAVERICK BEVERAGE COMPANY)
- Utah (RNDC)
- Vermont (FARRELL DISTRIBUTING)
- Virginia (JOHNSON BROTHER'S)
- Virginia (BREAKTHROUGH BEVERAGE)
- Washington (VEHRS DISTRIBUTING)
- Wisconsin (BREAKTHROUGH BEVERAGE)
- Wyoming (RNDC)
International:
- Canada - Alberta (Fluid Imports )
- Canada - Ontario (Le Sommelier )
- Dominican Republic (Varietals Worldwide)
- South Korea (LOTTE CHILSUNG BEVERAGE CO. LTC)