St. Supéry Estate Vineyards & Winery

Last updated February 23, 2019

St. Supéry Estate Vineyards & Winery is a 100% estate winery located in the Napa Valley of California, with a vineyard and winery in Rutherford, and a 1,531 acre ranch, Dollarhide, in the Napa Valley foothills.^[1]^[2]

California is a state in the Pacific Region of the United States. With 39.6 million residents, California is the most populous U.S. state and the third-largest by area. The state capital is Sacramento. The Greater Los Angeles Area and the San Francisco Bay Area are the nation's second and fifth most populous urban regions, with 18.7 million and 8.8 million residents respectively. Los Angeles is California's most populous city, and the country's second most populous, after New York. California also has the nation's most populous county, Los Angeles County, and its largest county by area, San Bernardino County. The City and County of San Francisco is both the country's second-most densely populated major city after New York and the fifth-most densely populated county, behind only four of the five New York City boroughs.

Rutherford is a census-designated place (CDP) in Napa County, California, United States. The population was 164 at the 2010 census.

The wines currently grown, produced, and bottled at St. Supéry include Cabernet Sauvignon and Sauvignon Blanc, along with Merlot, Cabernet Franc, Malbec, Petit Verdot, Chardonnay, Sémillon, and Moscato. St. Supéry also offers propriety blends, Élu (red wine) and Virtú (white wine), made from Bordeaux varietal grapes. The winery also produces an eau de vie style spirit from their Moscato, named Andrew Jackson Dollarhide: Spirit of St. Supéry.^[1]^[3]

Cabernet Sauvignon is one of the world's most widely recognized red wine grape varieties. It is grown in nearly every major wine producing country among a diverse spectrum of climates from Canada's Okanagan Valley to Lebanon's Beqaa Valley. Cabernet Sauvignon became internationally recognized through its prominence in Bordeaux wines where it is often blended with Merlot and Cabernet Franc. From France, the grape spread across Europe and to the New World where it found new homes in places like California's Santa Cruz Mountains, Paso Robles, Napa Valley, New Zealand's Hawkes Bay, Australia's Margaret River and Coonawarra regions, and Chile's Maipo Valley and Colchagua. For most of the 20th century, it was the world's most widely planted premium red wine grape until it was surpassed by Merlot in the 1990s. However, by 2015, Cabernet Sauvignon had once again become the most widely planted wine grape, with a total of 341000ha under vine worldwide.

Merlot is a dark blue-colored wine grape variety, that is used as both a blending grape and for varietal wines. The name Merlot is thought to be a diminutive of merle, the French name for the blackbird, probably a reference to the color of the grape. Its softness and "fleshiness", combined with its earlier ripening, makes Merlot a popular grape for blending with the sterner, later-ripening Cabernet Sauvignon, which tends to be higher in tannin.

Cabernet Franc grapevine that yields black grapes used for wine

Cabernet Franc is one of the major black grape varieties worldwide. It is principally grown for blending with Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot in the Bordeaux style, but can also be vinified alone, as in the Loire's Chinon. In addition to being used in blends and produced as a varietal in Canada and the United States, it is sometimes made into ice wine in those regions.

Founded by a long-established French winemaking family, Les vins skalli, the winery's history began in 1982 with the purchase of Dollarhide Ranch. Skalli Family Wines purchased an additional parcel in Rutherford in 1986, and began construction of a modern winery there. The winery officially opened its doors as St. Supéry in 1989.^[1]^[3] St. Supéry was acquired by Chanel in October, 2015.

Les Vins Skalli is a wine producer which operates in France and is based in Châteauneuf-du-Pape. In the 1980s, the company, which is exclusively owned by the Skalli family, was a pioneer in French varietal wines. Today, the company sells wine from the Languedoc region, the Rhone Valley region, Provence and Napa Valley all over the world.

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References

1 2 3 Bobb, Brooke. "Chanel Bought a Vineyard in Napa: Take a Look Inside". Vogue. Vogue. Retrieved 17 July 2016.
↑ Rabimov, Stephan. "St. Supéry Vineyards: The High Art of Wine Pairings". Forbes. Forbes. Retrieved 17 July 2016.
1 2 DIGITALE, ROBERT. "Chanel buys Rutherford's St. Supery Estate Vineyards and Winery". THE PRESS DEMOCRAT. THE PRESS DEMOCRAT. Retrieved 17 July 2016.

External links

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Coordinates: 38°27′19″N122°24′51″W / 38.455277°N 122.414159°W / 38.455277; -122.414159

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[Bobb-1] 1 2 3 Bobb, Brooke. "Chanel Bought a Vineyard in Napa: Take a Look Inside". Vogue. Vogue. Retrieved 17 July 2016.

[2] Rabimov, Stephan. "St. Supéry Vineyards: The High Art of Wine Pairings". Forbes. Forbes. Retrieved 17 July 2016.

[DIGITALE-3] 1 2 DIGITALE, ROBERT. "Chanel buys Rutherford's St. Supery Estate Vineyards and Winery". THE PRESS DEMOCRAT. THE PRESS DEMOCRAT. Retrieved 17 July 2016.