2016 Founders’ Reserve (Sold Out)

Tasting Notes

Seavey’s 2016 Founders Reserve showcases rich aromas of blackberry, black currant, and a touch of boysenberry intertwined with notes of leather and cassis. The wie is opulent, youthful, and seductively layered.

Vineyard Notes

The 2016 growing season was marked by ideal weather and rains that ended a historic three-year drought. It started off warm but July and August were mild, resulting in a long growing season with lots of hang-time allowing the grapes to progress to perfect ripeness.

Production Notes

Seavey separately harvests, vinifies and ages each vineyard block of our grapes. Our winemaking follows classic Bordeaux methods with whole-berry fermentation. In the cool of the early morning harvest, grapes from our 2016 harvest were promptly de-stemmed and the uncrushed berries were gently transferred into fermentation tanks. In order to carefully manage the tannins and resulting wine texture, the grapes were neither crushed nor run through a pump. Following fermentation, the wine was aged in French oak barrels (70% new) for 20 months before bottling in June 2018.

100% ESTATE GROWN, PRODUCED & BOTTLED, NAPA VALLEY AVA