Pine Ridge Winery is located on the Silverado Trail in Napa California. It's amazing in Napa what a difference about a mile can make as wineries located on the historic route 29 which is only road into and out of the Valley, are so much busier and well known then the wineries located only a mile away on the Silverado Trail.
Pine Ridge was created in the classic French Chateau style of a winery that aims to produce the highest quality wine in the world. Pine Ridge follows through on this promise by taking pride in ownership, being stewards of their land and spares no expense when it comes to technological upgrades which make better, more consistent wine from year to year.
The way that the winery chooses to conduct harvest shows how seriously they take the winemaking craft. To start they harvest at night so that the temperatures of fermentation are never higher then they should be. Secondly, every berry which goes into a fermentation tank is inspected by hand to make sure it is not only ripe, but that it is free from rot or any dirt or debris from the vineyard.
Another perfect example of how Pine Ridge sees their wine as the most important part of their business is that their winemaker, Michael Beaulac is also the winery general manager. This means that the winemaker, not a business executive has final say on purchases, staff and everything that goes into the bottle on your table. We find that these type of arrangements not only spur innovation by the winemaker, but they allow more consistent vintages from year to year because costs are not cut on the wine site of the business.
Located in the Stag's Leap district of the Napa American Viticultual Area, the Cabernet Sauvignon from Pine Ridge shows the best characteristics of the AVA. Rich texture, elegant tannins and chocolate, cherry and currant flavors literally explode out of the glass. The winery also focuses on other Bordeaux style blends which are what have made the winery famous among wine connoisseurs the world over. The Merlot and Cabernet Franc are also both critically acclimated and when combined with Beaulac's winemaking skill show the best of what Napa can offer wine drinkers.
If you are ready to spare no expense for a classic Napa wine in the French style, give either their FORTIS or Andrus Reserve a try, either would be an excellent choice for a special evening.
XML Feeds
