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Burgess Cellars

FieldValue
winery_nameBurgess Cellars
location_cityDeer Park
location_stateCalifornia
location_countryUSA
coordinates
appellationNapa Valley AVA
year_founded1972
first_vintage1972
key_peopleTom Burgess, Founder
Meghan Zobeck, Winemaker
cases_per_year12,000
signature_wineBurgess Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon
varietal1Cabernet Sauvignon
varietal2Chardonnay
varietal3Syrah
varietal4Petit Verdot
varietal5Cabernet Franc
varietal7Malbec
varietal6Petite Sirah
varietal8Grenache
varietal9Rosé
homepagewww.burgesscellars.com
distributionNational
tastingBy Appointment

Meghan Zobeck, Winemaker Burgess Cellars is a historic California wine producer in Napa Valley on the hillsides of Howell Mountain. and includes 65 acres across its two estate vineyards, which are at elevations of 800 to.

History

Tom Burgess was an Air Force pilot and a jet pilot for IBM who got interested in wine when he was flying around Europe, and interested in the Napa and Sonoma valleys while traveling around Travis Air Force Base.

In 1972 he bought the original Souverain vineyard from the Pillsbury Company, when they were moving production to Rutherford, and its 1888 winery.

Wines

Burgess Cellars showcases its two estate vineyards on Howell Mountain, with a hillside terroir representing only 4% of Napa acreage. For much of Burgess Cellars history Cabernet Sauvignon has been the flagship grape since Burgess Cellars' inception in 1972. Today, they craft an estate and a reserve Cabernet Sauvignon, and also single-vineyard, single-block bottlings of Petite Sirah, Malbec, Petit Verdot, and an intentionally farmed rosé of Syrah. They also craft a single-vineyard Chardonnay with fruit purchased from the Balletto family of grape growers in Russian River Valley, Sonoma County. A library selection, with every vintage from 1979 on, is available in the tasting room.

In 2020, Meghan Zobeck was appointed winemaker of Burgess Cellars.

References

References

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  3. Jordan Mackay. (December 11, 2009). "Cellared wine as a window to the past". [[The New York Times]].
  4. Steve Heimoff. (February 1, 2012). "Napa Valley Cabernet Class of '72".
  5. (2020-09-29). "Burgess Cellars - The Napa Wine Project".
  6. Marla Ridenour. (October 19, 2003). "Napa by way of Akron". [[Akron Beacon Journal]].
  7. Peg Melnik. (November 2, 2010). "Decade in the making". [[The Press Democrat]].
  8. T. J. Foderaro. (November 15, 2000). "Winning dinner candidates from the house of Burgess". [[Star-Ledger]].
  9. (June 11, 2003). "Souverain, savings and summer". [[Independent Weekly]].
  10. "Burgess Cellars - Tasting".
  11. "Burgess Cellars - Wines".
  12. Mackay, Jordan. (2009-12-10). "The Gift of Cellared Wine Offers a Window to the Past". The New York Times.
  13. (September 11, 2020). "Heitz Cellar Team Buys Napa's Burgess Cellars". Wine Spectator.
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