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2008 Peju Province Estate Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon, 1.5ltr

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Latest Sale Price

December 3, 2023 - $130

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RATINGS

94Wine Enthusiast

The vintage was a good one for Peju... very ripe and flamboyant in blackberry and black currant flavors, with an opulent overlay of toasty oak. This is so delicious that it tastes like there's a squirt of milk chocolate in it...

92Wine Spectator

Deftly balanced, Bordeaux-like with a touch of cigar box woven in with the currant, loamy earth, herb and tobacco. Shows fine structure and good length, revealing a hint of smoke on the end. 499 cases made.

PRODUCER

Peju Province

Peju Province in Napa Valley was started in 1983 when Tony Peju and his wife Herta bought 30 acres in Rutherford. Tony was the original winemaker, but in 2006 Peju hired Sara Fowler as winemaker. The estate owns 150 acres of vineyards in Napa Valley and Pope Valley. The estate makes a broad portfolio of wines, but is best known for its Cabernet Sauvignon, Chardonnay and Zinfandel.

REGION

United States, California, Napa Valley

Napa Valley AVA is the most famous winemaking region in the United States and one of the most prestigious in the world. With nearly 43,000 acres of vineyards and more than 300 wineries, it is the heart of fine wine production in the United States. Winemaking started in Napa in 1838 when George C. Yount planted grapes and began producing wine commercially. Other winemaking pioneers followed in the late 19th century, including the founders of Charles Krug, Schramsberg, Inglenook and Beaulieu Vineyards. An infestation of phylloxera, an insect that attacks vine roots, and the onset of Prohibition nearly wiped out the nascent Napa wine industry in the early 20th century. But by the late 1950s and early 1960s Robert Mondavi and other visionaries were producing quality wines easily distinguishable from the mass-produced jug wines made in California’s Central Valley. Napa Valley’s AVA was established in 1983, and today there are 16 sub-appellations within the Napa Valley AVA. Many grapes grow well in Napa’s Mediterranean climate, but the region is best known for Cabernet Sauvignon. Chardonnay is also very successfully cultivated, and about 30% of the AVA’s acreage is planted to white grapes, with the majority of those grapes being Chardonnay,

TYPE

Red Wine, Cabernet Sauvignon

One of the most widely grown grape varieties, it can be found in nearly every wine growing region. A cross between Cabernet Franc and Sauvignon Blanc. It’s a hardy vine that produces a full-bodied wine with high tannins and great aging potential.