Pahlmeyer Proprietary Red Jayson
Bordeaux Blend
| Vintage: | 2016 |
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| Description: | Jayson wines are born from two of the most renowned winegrowing regions in the world - the iconic Napa Valley and the pioneering Sonoma Coast. Every vintage is meticulously made with the attention to detail for which Pahlmeyer is known and trusted, while capturing the spirit of its founder whose huge personality, humor and joy for living are an integral part of the Pahlmeyer legacy. Producer The Pahlmeyer story is a tale of international intrigue, passion and Hollywood stardom… Of Jayson Pahlmeyer, friends and family… Of French clones, legendary winemaking and iconic wines. Once upon a time, there was a man with a bold, irrepressible spirit - a trial attorney called to the profession by its fast and furious nature. While successful in his career, a hypnotic captivation with wine soon eclipsed his legal ambitions. He had an insatiable thirst for adventure and a certainty that Northern California (his native soil) held considerable winegrowing potential. Was it destiny that Jayson Pahlmeyer's world was turned happily upside down? Who can say? Following his dream, Jayson partnered with the owner of a 55-acre site in south-east Napa Valley. The two shared a devotion to Jayson's audacious dream of creating a "California Mouton," and began imagining the vineyard's potential. The key, they were sure, lay in planting the finest French clones of the red Bordeaux varieties - a considerable roadblock since importing clones is an international offense. After months of sleuthing in elite French vineyards, Jayson's partner sought the assistance of the venerable viticultural professors at the University of Bordeaux. The professors analyzed soil samples, exposure, rainfall and temperature data from the land and recommended the Californians grow corn. Undaunted, Jayson and his partner persevered until after three years the professors isolated the exact Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet Franc, Petit Verdot and Malbec vines with the greatest intensity, depth of flavor and character. Jayson's partner smuggled their "suitcase clones" to the U.S. through Canada. All went off without a hitch until their final truckload, when the border authorities uncovered the French vines. Ordered to surrender all their contraband, they kept their French clones hidden and instead turned over to the unwitting patrollers clones purchased from U.c. Davis. Planted in 1981, the French cuttings adjusted to their shock at a snail's pace. Catching wind of these crazy guys and their Bordeaux vines, one of California's foremost winemakers, Randy Dunn, visited the site and warned, "Don't screw it up." Clearly they didn't because in 1986, seeing unparalleled promise, Randy asked to purchase the entire crop. Jayson agreed - on one condition: that Randy make Jayson's "Pahlmeyer" Napa Valley Bordeaux blend. Anointed 94 points by Robert Parker, the first release, the 1986 Pahlmeyer Proprietary Red, launched Pahlmeyer's astonishing track record of critical acclaim. In 1989, Jayson invited rising star winemaker Bob Levy to produce the first vintages of Pahlmeyer Chardonnay. The 1991 Chardonnay sold out immediately, giving Jayson good reason to decline a screenwriter's request for samples to use in a Hollywood movie. In the end, though, he acquiesced, and to his great surprise, the wine's big role in the battle-of-the-sexes blockbuster Disclosure helped further the frenzy surrounding Pahlmeyer. In 1993, Helen Turley took the winemaking reins, beginning her own rise to prominence. She and her team - including protege Erin Green - furthered the work of Dunn and Levy, improving the quality and consistency of Pahlmeyer wines through winegrowing, grape sourcing and winemaking innovation. To push quality to even greater heights, Helen urged Jayson to develop estate vineyards. She was instrumental in finding Pahlmeyer's high-elevation Napa Valley estate vineyard, planted in 1998 to red Bordeaux varieties and Chardonnay. In that same year, a stone's throw from her famed Marcassin Vineyard on the extreme Sonoma Coast, she found the Wayfarer estate ideally situated for growing Pinot Noir and Chardonnay. Both estate vineyards were planted by viticulture legend David Abreu in 1998 and 2002, respectively. In 2012, Jayson named Bibiana Gonzalez Rave winemaker for Wayfarer, to oversee his new wines from the estate vineyard, then ten years old and perfectly poised for a solo bottling. She immediately went to work meticulously optimizing the vineyards and realizing his dream to create world class Pinot Noir and Chardonnay. In 2016, her role expanded across all of the Napa Valley operations and Pahlmeyer winemaking. Pahlmeyer's viticultural practices demand low yields while commanding maximum flavor intensity. Farming in one- to two-acre blocks with a palette of as many as 12 clones for each variety, Pahlmeyer's world-class pedigree of artisanal winemaking continues to rise to new heights as Bibiana pushes the envelope on clone and vineyard management, as well as cellar and winemaking equipment and practices. In 2008, Jayson's daughter Cleo joined the team, bringing the next generation into the Pahlmeyer legacy and launching the Wayfarer brand. And so it is that vintage after vintage, Pahlmeyer continues to live up to Jayson's audacious dream - producing phenomenal wines of power and finesse. |
| Price: | $ 64.99 |
| Price in original currency: | None |
Previously available from Benash Liquors & Wines
| Address: |
2405 Rt. 38 Cherry Hill, NJ 08002 United States |
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| Telephone (regular): | 856-667-3539 |
First added to 1000 Corks on May 7, 2019.
This product was inactivated October 28, 2019.
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