Lail VINEYARDS WAS FOUNDED BY LONG TIME NAPA VALLEY VINTNER ROBIN
(Daniel) Lail and her family. Robin’s history in the Napa VALLEY IS
SIGNIFICANT AND DEEPLY ROOTED. Her great-grand uncle was Gustave
Niebaum the founder of Napa’s iconic Inglenook WINERY. Her father
was John Daniel Jr. who inherited the great Inglenook WINERY FROM HIS
FATHER (and was instrumental in helping put Napa VALLEY ON THE WINE
MAP IN MANY WAYS). Robin co-founded Dominus in 1982 with her sister
Marky and famed winemaker Christian Moueix (General Manager of
Château Pétrus in Pomerol), co-founded Merryvale VINEYARDS WITH BILL
HARLAN – where she was President of the WINERY FOR 12 YEARS, was
general manager at the prestigious Meadowood Resort and was Robert
Mondavi’s personal assistant for a number of years… the list goes
on..Well regarded Philippe Melka has been their winemaker since the
beginning; in fact Lail Vineyards was his first wine consulting job in
the Napa Valley. Today Philippe is the winemaker for a number of small
premium producers mostly based in Napa. In the past he has been voted
American Winemaker of the year by Robert Parker in Food & Wine
Magazine. Philippe has a geology degree as well as a degree in enology
and agronomy (he knows his Napa terroir very well) and especially
enjoys working with Napa hillside vineyards. For someone with such
recognition, he is one of the most down to earth winemakers we have
met on this project.
We will taste three wines from Lail, including their J Daniel Cuvee,
Blueprint Cabernet Sauvignon, and Blueprint Sauvignon Blanc. Matthew
Perry will take us through the wines and tasting.
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