Nemerever
2023 Cabernet Sauvignon
"Hillside"
Oakville AVA
Auction 29 | Lot No. 30
Vintage: 2023
Nemerever
Cabernet Sauvignon
Oakville
5 cases produced
Highlights
- 100% estate grown and produced in Oakville
- The fruit was selected from the choicest vines in our hillside vineyard
- Jeff Ames and his colleagues made this wine by hand
- This wine is aging for 18 months in French oak barrels, and for an additional year in bottle
Description
This 100% estate Cabernet Sauvignon wine made from fruit of selected vines on our northwest-facing, fractured rock hillside. Over the past seven years the winemakers have identified the best fruit from this 1.5-acre block. The winemaking is classic; no fining or filtering. It is delicious on release, but will improve over the next 15 years.
Wine Facts
- Wine is unfiltered
- Single vineyard wine
- Sustainably produced
- Wine is 100% estate grown and bottled
Jeff Ames
Winemaker, Nemerever
I worked my first harvest in Oregon in 1998 and came to Napa in 1999. Was fortunate enough to work at several high-end brands with a friend before going out on my own after 2006.
Country born: USA
Education: Learned by working in cellars not through school.
Years in the wine industry: 20-30 years
Winemaking Philosophy:
The approach for the Nemerever wines is to have them show like where they come from, Eastern Oakville slopes. We do not fine or filter any of the wines since we want them to show the sense of place as clearly as we can. For the barrels we use only the best barrels that we can get our hands on so they are all Darnajou and Taransaud coppers. After several years making the wines and fermenting each separately we have begun to finely dial in the fermentations and what blocks go best which which blocks for co-fermentation. As always I want the wines to taste amazing but I also want them to taste like Nemerever.
Winery Distribution
Nemerever 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:
- California (Nemerever Vineyards)
- Massachusetts (La Rossa Selections, LLC)