Sori Bricco
2015 Red Wine
Diamond Mountain District
Since 1999, von Strasser has created single-vineyard bottling from the Sori Bricco Vineyard. In most years, the blend uses a high percentage of Cabernet Sauvignon and is thus labelled as such. However, Sori Bricco Vineyard features other grape varieties that add to the complexity of the blend: Merlot with an unparalleled density; inky-dark Petit Verdot, full of blueberry-syrup aromas; and spectacularly concentrated Malbec. This blend goes outside of the Cabernet Sauvignon-box to create a truly unique wine, destined for a long life in your cellar and to wow those lucky enough to share the bottle.
Winemaker, Rudy Von Strasser
I started in the wine business in a roundabout way. I was studying apple farming at University of New Hampshire, and I wrote my senior paper on producing hard-cider using local organic apples. I decided upon graduating that I would like to pursue this dream, but had no mentor to teach me how to make cider. So in 1981 I decided to come to Napa Valley, thinking if I could learn to make wine, I could take this knowledge for my cider.
I worked for about a year at Robert Mondavi Winery, and not only fell in love with wine, but also California. This enthusiasm made me enroll back into college at UCD, where I recieved a second degree, in enology. Upon graduating, I wanted to focus on Cabernet Sauvignon so I looked to connections had in Bordeaux and was able to talk myself into an internship at Chateau Lafite-Rothschild, where in 1985 I became the first California intern. Upon returning, I became the enologist at Trefethen for two years, then assistant winemaker at Newton Vineyard for three years. In 1990, I fullfilled the dream and bought a small ranch on Diamond Mountain which now is the home to my winery.
Country born: United States
Education: See above experience section for my comlplete Bio
Years in the wine industry: 30+ years
Honors / Awards:
'Winery of the Year' for 11 of the past 12 years for Wine and Spirits Magazine; 'Wine of the Year' - Connoisseurs Guide to Fine Wine; 'Value Winery of the Year' - Wine and Spirits magazine 2009; 'Prince of Cabernet' and magazine cover - The Wine News; Gold and Silver Medals in 2011 & 2012 at AWC-Vienna, Austria for Gruner Veltliner
Winemaking Philosophy:
I believe wines should be elegant. The most important flavors of a wine need to be those which come for the vineyard and show the terroir. If a wine carries too much of a winemaker’s “muscle”—like oak, alcohol—then it becomes generic and no longer a product of a place. Since I make seven different bottlings from Diamond Mountain District, I want each vineyard to taste unique due to the soils, exposure, farming techniques, etc.
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Ladera Vineyards | 2003 | Cabernet Sauvignon | Napa Valley | 9 | |
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