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Kapcsandy Family Wines

Kapcsandy Family Winery, in Yountville, was founded in 2000 when Lou and Roberta Kapcsandy and their son Louis Jr. purchased the historic 20-acre State Lane Vineyard. The vineyard for decades had been the source of grapes used by Beringer Estate to make the much-admired State Lane Cabernet Sauvignon. Phylloxera destroyed the vines in 1999, so in 2001 the Kapcsandys hired winemaker Helen Turley and her viticulturalist husband John Wetlaufer to assess the property. The vineyard was replanted with Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet Franc and Petit Verdot. Helen Turley made the first vintages in 2003 and 2004. Tony Arcudi is the consulting winemaker today. Lou Kapcsandy’s journey from penniless, European refugee to the founder of a widely admired California winery reads like a movie script. Born in Budapest, Hungary, Kapcsandy fled Hungary after the Russians invaded in 1956. Admitted into a New Jersey refugee camp, he got a job working the night shift at a Brooklyn bakery while completing a degree in chemical engineering. He later served in the U.S. Army and was also a member of the San Diego Chargers professional football team before pursuing his career in petroleum and pharmaceuticals process engineering. He became the head of Baugh Enterprises, a large commercial contractor based in Seattle, before retiring in 2003. The estate’s Cabernet Sauvignons have impressed critics, including Robert M. Parker Jr., who rated the most recent vintages at 100 pts. Parker has complimented the Kapcsandys for their “perfectionist philosophy.”

2004 Kapcsandy Family Wines State Lane Vineyard Red

1.5ltr

RP  98   
WS  96   
ST  91   
2 available
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2010 Kapcsandy Family Wines State Lane Vineyard Grand Vin Cabernet Sauvignon

1.5ltr

ST  97+    
RP  96   
WS  93   
JS  92   

2014 Kapcsandy Family Wines State Lane Vineyard Grand Vin Cabernet Sauvignon

1.5ltr

VN  98   
RP  96   

2010 Kapcsandy Family Wines State Lane Vineyard Roberta's Reserve

1.5ltr

ST  98+    
RP  97   
WS  91   

2013 Kapcsandy Family Wines State Lane Vineyard Roberta's Reserve

1.5ltr

RP  100   
VN  100