Magna Carta Cellars
The Dark Knight
2021 Red Wine
Napa Valley
Auction 26 | Lot No. 48
Vintage: 2021
Magna Carta Cellars
The Dark Knight
Red Wine
Napa Valley
5 cases produced
Highlights
- We are thrilled to be participating in our first Premiere Napa Valley
- A unique blend of our favorite barrels from the 2021 vintage
- Your wine is a one-of-a-kind Cabernet Sauvignon-based blend, highlighting classic red varieties
- This lot is sourced from premier vineyards expressing the diversity of Napa Valley’s finest terroirs
Description
Magna Carta was created with a vision and passion for crafting a world-class Left Bank Bordeaux-style wine. This exclusive Premiere Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon-based blend, named The Dark Knight, expresses the diversity of Napa Valley’s finest terroirs. Predominantly Cabernet Sauvignon, it is comprised of all five classic red varieties. This lot is sourced from premier vineyard sites in the Oakville, Los Carneros, Howell Mountain and Rutherford nested appellations. The Dark Knight shows the best attributes of 2021 with the essence of the region. Expressing dark varietal richness, concentration and structure, the resulting wine promises to be beautiful, full bodied and cellar worthy.
Wine Facts
- Wine is unfiltered
- Sustainably produced
Peter Heitz
Winemaker, Magna Carta Cellars
Fourteen generation Vigneron hailing from Alsace and forth generation Napa Valley Winemaker, Peter Heitz grew up kicking the dirt clods of Carneros on one of the pioneering vineyards in the region, later honing his vineyard background farming in the Calistoga Appellation, on dirt first planted to vines by his great grandparents in 1904. Winemaker at Turnbull Wine Cellars in Oakville since the 2007 vintage.
Farm the best grapes - make the best wine.
Country born: USA
Years in the wine industry: 20-30 years
Winemaking Philosophy:
Wine should be reflective of the place and vintage, make sure you have the best of both.
Scott Palazzo
Winemaker, Magna Carta Cellars
Scott Palazzo is a man who follows his passions - and in the process, invites everyone he meets to come along for the ride!
Creative, energetic and fervent in his convictions, Scott came to the wine world with a vision formed by both his Italian heritage and his artistic sensibility. Raised in an Italian household, Scott grew up with wine as a backdrop for life’s everyday events, meals, and celebrations.
An artist at heart … and a rolling stone by nature, his path to becoming one of the top winemakers in Napa Valley took many twists and turns. At age 19, a summer trip to France evolved into a three-year extended stay. With his guitar on his back, Scott wandered into the small wine-making village of Saint Émilion (on the Right Bank of Bordeaux’s Gironde river) and quickly fell in love with the people, the land, & most of all, the wines. This experience shaped his palate and served as inspiration for the establishment of Palazzo Wine 20+ years later.
In 2003, after establishing a successful career as a Grammy Nominated Music Video & Television Director / Producer, Scott began exploring California’s wine regions with a new creative undertaking in mind producing a beautifully refined, terroir-driven wine like those he had discovered in Saint Émilion.
His search led him to the Carneros Appellation in Napa Valley, where the similarities between the rolling hills of this South-of-Napa Appellation and those of Saint Émilion convinced him that this was the right location to create his wine. The maritime climate and shallow clay soils of Carneros were ideal for achieving his goal to produce a wine with wonderful layers of rich fruit, balanced by elegant acidity … like those he’d grown to love while living & working in Bordeaux.
Scott Palazzo makes wines that are beautiful & complex … with wonderful layers of rich fruit and texture on the palate! Delicious food wines with both ‘power & elegance’ from the Carneros District in Napa Valley. Saint Emilion and Pomerol … meet Carneros / Napa Valley Hillside Fruit!
Country born: USA
Years in the wine industry: 10-15 years
Winemaking Philosophy:
Winemaking to me is my way of getting to express my creative / artistic side. I don't paint .. I can't sing very well .. but I have found through winemaking that I am able to create something artistically beautiful and memorable. Wines can be similar to a painting ... and capture people's attention and feelings ... and impact them emotionally ... much like a great song can move and impact people.
My canvas is the vineyards ... my paints and instruments are the grapes ... the arrangements and colors I use are grape varietals ... ripeness ... sugars ... acid ... tannins & barrels..! And I compose and draw that which is in my mind and heart to hopefully move people ... and speak to them about beauty and elegance.. and life..! And somehow help them to enjoy their lives and friends and times with family just a little more / better ... through a glass of poetry ... art ... and song!
I know it sounds a little "lofty" ... after all it's just a glass of wine ... but I have found wine can move me just as strongly and passionately as a great painting or song can. And I remember it ... like I remember a beautiful painting or dynamic song!
But I'm a romantic ... and passionate about life! And I enjoy flowers and smelling roses ... and watching sunsets ... and ocean waves ... and wind blowing across fields of tall grass & sage!
All the different expressions of "art & beauty" are inexplicably connected ... and help serve to move people to emotion and passion ... and feelings ... so they can connect with themselves and hopefully "feel life" more..!
Q&A With the Winemaker
Q: What was your inspiration for this offering?
A: Lot Features: This wine is 100% estate grown and bottled. This wine is sustainably produced. This wine is unfiltered.
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