Clos Du Val Winery
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| Clos Du Val Winery | |
| Location | Napa, California, USA |
|---|---|
| Appellation | Stags Leap District AVA |
| Founded | 1972 |
| Key people | Bernard Portet, Co-Founder and Vice Chairman John Clews, Vice President of Vineyard and Winery Operations Bill Cambron, Chief Financial Officer |
| Varietals | Cabernet Sauvignon, Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, Merlot |
| Website | http://www.closduval.com |
| Tasting | open to public |
Clos Du Val Winery is a winery in the Stags Leap District of California's Napa Valley. The winery was founded by two men who were born into the French wine business, John Goelet and Bernard Portet. After scouting the world for two years to locate areas where they might produce Bordeaux-style wine, Porter identified the then-undiscovered Stag’s Leap district of California’s Napa Valley as especially promising. Goelet bought 150 acres (61 ha) of vineryard land and established the winery in 1972. The next year he bought 180 acres (73 ha) in the Los Carneros region.
[edit] Awards
The winery received international recognition when its first vintage of Cabernet Sauvignon (1972) achieved eighth place in the Judgment of Paris.
In the French Culinary Institute Wine Tasting of 1986, Clos Du Val Winery won first place.
In The Wine Rematch of the Century the judges awarded Clos Du Val fifth place.
[edit] Sources
- Taber, George M. Judgment of Paris: California vs. France and the Historic 1976 Paris Tasting that revolutionized wine. NY: Scribner, 2005.
