09/20/2023

Tomorrow is…..

Meet the Winemaker
Open Bottle Thursday!
September 21, 2023
Tasting Time on Thursday 4:00PM - 7:00PM

Remember you can place an order now for this special....
no need to wait til Thursday!

Featuring:

Bravante Vineyards
Howell Mountain, Napa CA

Come
meet
Winemaker
Nancy Bravante

4:00PM – 7:00PM
on Thursday
for a fun and educational evening!

Howell Mountain is a
Cabernet lover’s appellation!
Fruit from Howell Mountain is renowned for being concentrated with notes of cassis, violet, dried blackberries and mocha with firmly-structured tannins and a broad, mouth-filling texture. Balanced with an outstanding, long finish.

Wines from Howell Mountain include Dunn Vineyards, Robert Foley, O’Shaughnessy, Cade, Ladera, La Jota and Robert Craig which typical run in $100-$185 range!

At 1,700 feet in elevation and only 2000 cases produced Bravante Vineyards wines are a great value to the discriminating wine lover.

Thursday"s line up........

2017 Bravante Estate Merlot
reg $74.99 on sale $ 65.00
93 Points, Wine & Spirits Magazine
“Howell Mountain’s volcanic soils and elevations lend a powerful structure to this merlot, assuaged by the variety’s inherent softness. It’s bold, easy and richly oaked, while juicy red-plum flavors surround that wood, giving the wine the stamina to age. —J.G. (150 cases)

2016 Bravante Estate Trio Red Blend
reg. $74.99 on sale $59.00
93 Points, James Suckling
“Medium to full body with creamy tannins and a fresh, juicy finish. Lovely and generous but reserved and not over-the-top."(350 cases)

2018 Bravante Estate
Cabernet Sauvignon
reg $89.99 on sale $77.00
92 Points, James Suckling
“Big tannins balanced by rich blackberry, blueberry, cassis and mineral flavors. The finish is dry and delightfully spicy." (350 cases)

A bit about Howell Mountian........
Back in the 1870’s, two guys named Jean V. Chaix and Jean Adolf Brun planted grapes on cheap mountain land around Angwin, CA. Their cost cutting strategy proved to be a blessing when, in 1889, Brun and Chaix’s “Nouveau Medoc” won a Bronze Medal at the Paris World Competition. The pair were successful during their heyday in the 1890’s producing up to 750,000 bottles a year.

When Prohibition set in during the 1920’s, Howell Mountain fell off the map and didn’t reappear for 50 years. Then, in 1980, a quirky winemaker named Randy Dunn astounded the wine world with his Howell Mountain Cabernet. In 1983, Howell Mountain became officially recognized as the first sub-region in California: The first sub-AVA of Napa Valley.

Don’t want to miss the sale?
Can’t make it Thursday?
Call us!
As quantities are limited, so with that said,
first come, first served!
703-668-9463 (WINE)