St. Supéry Estate Vineyards & Winery
2013 Cabernet Sauvignon
Rutherford AVA
Auction 19 | Lot No. 1
Vintage: 2013
St. Supéry Estate Vineyards & Winery
Cabernet Sauvignon
Rutherford
20 cases produced
Highlights
- Cabernet Sauvignon is blended with small amounts of Merlot, Cabernet Franc and Petit Verdot
- Grapes hand-harvested and sorted; part of the blend incorporated a new barrel fermentation technique
- Michael Scholz and Michel Rolland crafted a Cabernet capturing the terroir of our Rutherford vineyard
- Aged in 100% French oak, resulting in a wine with tremendous center, density, length and elegance
Description
Our Premiere Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon is sourced entirely from our Rutherford Estate Vineyard, one of our two sustainably farmed vineyards. This property is located on the Rutherford Bench, an area of Napa Valley that boasts mineral-rich, alluvial soils and sandy clay loam. This soil is ideal for growing Cabernet Sauvignon and produces grapes that boast complex, concentrated flavors. The land was originally part of the Rancho Caymus land grant to George C. Yount in 1836 that covered the land in Yountville, Oakville and Rutherford, where many of the top wineries in Napa Valley are located today.
Our winemaker, Michael Scholz, worked with world-renowned enologist, Michel Rolland, to craft a Cabernet Sauvignon that captures the unique terroir of our Rutherford Estate Vineyard. Michael blended a hint of Merlot, Cabernet Franc and Petit Verdot into this Cabernet Sauvignon to create a wine that has density, length and elegance. The fruit was hand harvested in the cool morning hours and was hand sorted at both the cluster and berry level. The majority of the berries were fermented in small open top tanks before being transferred directly to a 100% French oak barrel where the wine aged for more than 20 months.
Wine Facts
- Wine is unfiltered
- Single vineyard wine
- Sustainably produced
- Wine is 100% estate grown and bottled
- Wine is produced in a Napa Green winery
Michael Scholz
Winemaker, St. Supéry Estate Vineyards & Winery
Michael was raised on a vineyard in Australia's Barossa Valley that his family settled six generations ago in 1845. While Michael's informal wine industry training began in childhood, his winemaking career formally began in the mid-1980s.
Over the course of the past thirty years, Michael has progressed from cellar hand to Vice President, Winemaker at St. Supéry, where he built a state-of-the-art winery, which employs techniques of double hand sorting with old world punch down maceration in small lot open top fermenters, along with the more recent technologies, including optical sorting. Michael first worked as St. Supéry's winemaker from 1996 to 2001 and returned as the winemaker again in 2009 after a sabbatical where he expanded his scope by building a winery and planting a mountain vineyard. During his tenure at St. Supéry, he has been instrumental in the continuous improvements to both the Dollarhide Estate Vineyard and the winemaking program. Michael created the distinctive style that made the winery a benchmark producer of Napa Valley Sauvignon Blanc, and developed our first Bordeaux varietal-based blends.
Michael's credentials include accolades from some of the most esteemed experts in the industry, including oenologist and consultant Michel Rolland, with whom he collaborated with to help develop St. Supéry's proprietary red and white Bordeaux varietal blends, Élu and Virtú. Rolland says, "Michael Scholz is on my list of great winemakers from around the world."
Country born: Australia
Education: Roseworthy College (now a part of the University of Adelaide)
Years in the wine industry: 30+ years
Winemaking Philosophy:
The winemaker's choice of oak is like a chef's choice of ingredients. The barrels give us an opportunity to enhance expression and encourage structure and maturity. The natural combination of the soil, the harvest season and the oak form the future of what you'll taste in two years, or many years later.
Republic National Distributing Co.
6511 Tri County Parkway
Schertz TX 78154-3219
210-230-7256
Other Premiere Napa Valley Wines available from Republic National Distributing Co.:
| Winery | Vintage | Variety | Appellation | Fanciful | Auction |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frank Family Vineyards | 2018 | Cabernet Sauvignon | Rutherford | Winston Hill Block 5 -Heart block | 24 (2020) |
| Starmont Winery & Vineyards | 2018 | Pinot Noir | Los Carneros | Stanly Ranch Estate | 24 (2020) |
| Whitehall Lane | 2018 | Cabernet Sauvignon | Rutherford | 24 (2020) | |
| Quilt Wines | 2017 | Cabernet Sauvignon | Napa Valley | 23 (2019) | |
| St. Supéry Estate Vineyards & Winery | 2017 | Cabernet Sauvignon | Rutherford | Louis XIV | 23 (2019) |
| CADE Estate Winery | 2014 | Cabernet Sauvignon | Howell Mountain | 20 (2016) | |
| Stag's Leap Wine Cellars | 2014 | Cabernet Sauvignon | Stags Leap District | FAY Edge | 20 (2016) |
| St. Supéry Estate Vineyards & Winery | 2013 | Cabernet Sauvignon | Rutherford | 19 (2015) | |
| Pine Ridge Vineyards | 2011 | Cabernet Sauvignon | Napa Valley | 5x5 | 17 (2013) |
| Twomey Cellars | 2011 | Merlot | Napa Valley | One | 17 (2013) |
| Hess Collection Winery | 2009 | Cabernet Sauvignon | Mount Veeder | 15 (2011) | |
| HALL | 2008 | Cabernet Sauvignon | Rutherford | Sacrashe Vineyard - Block 2 | 14 (2010) |
| Atalon Winery | 2007 | Cabernet Sauvignon | Napa Valley | The Peers | 13 (2009) |
| Darioush | 2007 | Cabernet Sauvignon | Napa Valley | Estate | 13 (2009) |
| Freemark Abbey | 2005 | Cabernet Sauvignon | Napa Valley | Seven | 12 (2008) |
| HALL | 2006 | Cabernet Sauvignon | Napa Valley | Exzellenz - Sacrashe Vineyard | 12 (2008) |
| Cuvaison Estate Wines | 1999 | Cabernet Sauvignon | Napa Valley | 5 (2001) | |
| Franciscan Oakville Estate | 2000 | Cabernet/Merlot Blend | Oakville | Millennium Meritage | 5 (2001) |
| Cardinale | 1995 | Cabernet Sauvignon | Napa Valley | 1 (1997) |
Winery Distribution
St. Supéry Estate Vineyards & Winery 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 (Pinnacle Imports, Inc.)
- Arizona (Republic National Distributing)
- California (Republic National Distributing)
- Colorado (Republic National Distributing)
- Connecticut (Brescome Barton, Inc.)
- Florida (Republic National Distributing)
- Georgia (Republic National Distributing)
- Hawaii (Republic National Distributing)
- Idaho (Hayden Beverage Company)
- Illinois (Southern Glazer's W&S Illinois)
- Indiana (Republic National Distributing)
- Iowa (Johnson Brothers)
- Kansas (Standard Beverage Corporation)
- Kentucky (Republic National Distributing)
- Louisiana (Republic National Distributing)
- Maine (Maine Distributors)
- Maine (National Distributors, Inc.)
- Maryland (Montgomery Department Of L.B. )
- Maryland (Republic National Distributing)
- Massachusetts (Carolina Wines)
- Michigan (Republic National Distributing)
- Minnesota (Small Lot Wine)
- Mississippi (Mississippi ABC)
- Montana (Fun Beverage, Inc.)
- Montana (Intermountain Distributing)
- Montana (Summit Beverage Company)
- Nebraska (Johnson Brothers)
- Nevada (Breakthru Beverage Nevada Reno, LLC )
- New Hampshire (Martignetti Companies of NH)
- New Jersey (Fedway Associates, Inc.)
- New Mexico (Republic National Distributing)
- North Carolina ( Johnson Brothers - Mutual of North Carolina)
- North Dakota (Republic National Distributing)
- Ohio (Vintage Wine Distributor)
- Oklahoma (Southern Glazer's W&S)
- Oregon (Republic National Distributing)
- Pennsylvania (Vintage Imports)
- Rhode Island ( Mancini Beverage Rhode Island Distributing)
- South Carolina (Republic National Distributing)
- South Dakota (Republic National Distributing)
- Tennessee ( Empire Distributors Of Tennessee, Inc.)
- Tennessee (Lipman Brothers, Inc.)
- Tennessee (Tennessee Crown Distribution Company)
- Tennessee (Southern Glazers )
- Texas (Republic National Distributing)
- Utah (Utah Department Of Alcohol)
- Vermont (Baker Distributing Corporation)
- Virginia (Blue Ridge Beverage)
- Virginia (Republic National Distributing)
- Virginia (Virginia Imports)
- Washington (Republic National Distributing)
- West Virginia (Mountain State Beverage)
- Wisconsin (General Beverage)
- Wyoming (Wyoming Liquor Commission)
International:
- Belgium (Poot Agenturen B.V.)
- Canada - Alberta (Black Stallion Spirits Inc.)
- Canada - British Columbia (Vintage Corks Ltd.)
- Canada - Ontario (Von Terra Enterprises Ltd)
- Canada - Quebec (Mosaiq Vins et Spiritueux Inc)
- China (East Meets West Fine Wines)
- Czech Republic (Californian Wines)
- France (Ulysse Cazabonne)
- Germany (Ulysse Cazabonne)
- Hong Kong (East Meets West Fine Wines)
- Mexico (Great Fine Wines)
- Netherlands (Poot Agenturen B.V.)
- Philippines (PYC Foods Corporation)
- Puerto Rico (Labraterra, Inc. and Intrade Logistics, Corp.)
- Singapore (Enoteca Co., Ltd Singapore)
- South Korea (Enoteca Korea Co., Ltd)
- Sweden (Arvid Nordquist HAB)
- Taiwan (Enoteca Taiwan Co., Ltd.)
- United Kingdom (Jeroboams Group incorporating Laytons)