Wine Portfolio

Q&A With the Winemaker

Q: Premiere Napa Valley wines are innovative and allow each winery to showcase the region's sense of exploration in fine winemaking. What kind of exploration did your Premiere Napa Valley wine allow you to do?

A: Since Spring Mountain Vineyard is the only US winery to commit 90 acres of vineyard to vertical gobelet, it was a logical choice for PNV - an ancient method dating to Roman times that gives us even ripening and wines of balance.

Q: What was your inspiration for this offering?

A: To show off a unique attribute of the vineyard and the varietal that is most widely planted on the estate.

Q: Fill in the blanks: I chose to make this wine from this particular ______________ because ______________.

A: I chose to make this wine from this particular  Cabernet Sauvignon  because  Cabernet is the king of Spring Mountain. The eastern exposures, altitude and 'terroir' found here translates to Cabernet with pure varietal expression, deep color, supple tannins and bright acidity that ensures age ability.

Q: Why should a wine lover have a bottle of this wine in their cellar?

A: It's a Spring Mountain Vineyard Cabernet, 100% varietal (which is never bottled solo - we only produce Bordeaux blends - and vertical gobelet is unique.

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Premiere Napa Valley Wine Collection

Winery	Vintage	Variety	Appellation	Fanciful	Auction
Foley Johnson	2021	Cabernet Sauvignon	Rutherford	Peral Vineyard	27
Ancien	2020	Pinot Noir	Los Carneros	Toyon Center Block	25
Ghost Block Estate Wines	2019	Red Wine	Yountville	Maratona	25
Hesperian Wines	2014	Cabernet Sauvignon	Atlas Peak		20
Madonna Estate	2015	Pinot Noir	Los Carneros		20
Madrigal Family Winery	2014	Cabernet Sauvignon	Napa Valley		20
Stags' Leap Winery	2014	Red Wine	Stags Leap District		20
Artesa Vineyards & Winery	2014	Pinot Noir	Los Carneros	Block 91D Estate Vineyard	19
Etude	2013	Cabernet Sauvignon	Napa Valley	West Bench	19
PEJU	2013	Red Wine	Napa Valley	BIG Red Blend	19
Mount Veeder Winery	2012	Cabernet Sauvignon	Mount Veeder	Fogline	18
Pavi Wines	2012	Cabernet Sauvignon	Napa Valley	Il Babbo	18
Buehler Vineyards	2011	Cabernet Sauvignon	Napa Valley	Kindly Well	17
Domaine Chandon	2000	Sparkling Wine	Napa Valley	Late-Disgorged	17
John Anthony Vineyards	2011	Cabernet Sauvignon	Oak Knoll District of Napa Valley		17
PATEL - Napa Valley	2011	Cabernet Sauvignon	Coombsville	Tourmaline Vineyard	17
Rocca Family Vineyards	2011	Syrah	Yountville	Grigsby Vineyard	17
Ancien Wines	2011	Pinot Noir	Napa Valley	Selection Massale	16
Mi Sueño Winery	2010	Red Wine	Napa Valley	Seleccion Herrera	16
PATEL - Napa Valley	2010	Malbec	Yountville		16
Domaine Chandon	2008	Pinot Meunier	Los Carneros	Barrel Select	14
Spring Mountain Vineyard	2008	Cabernet Sauvignon	Spring Mountain District	Vertical Gobelet Vines	14