Wine

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This once in a life time package for 6 guests includes: A vertical tasting (4-vintages 2006-2009) of Trivium Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon from St. Helena. Your hosts will be none other than Trivium partners Stu Harrison and Jack Stuart, winemaker.

The Tasting will take place in the St. Helena home of Jack and Loraine Stuart.  You will then walk one-quarter mile up the road to the Lewelling Ranch, one of the oldest in Napa County. There you will tour the vineyard that is the source for all the fruit in Trivium.  Finally, you'll have tailgate snacks with a current barrel sample!

Robert Parker, Wine Advocate, December 2011:
(90 Points) "The 2008 (Trivium) Cabernet Sauvignon is a big, juicy wine bursting with dark red fruit, licorice, savory herbs. The fruit-forward style is best enjoyed sooner rather than later. There is centeredness and focus to the fruit that is quite appealing." Anticipated Maturity: 2013 - 2020

For two decades, Doug Wight, Jack Stuart and Stu Harrison lived in the same St. Helena neighborhood—a grape grower, a winemaker and a wine marketer, each following his own career. The years passed and they came to know each other as they raised their families, including three daughters who became friends and played together in the vineyards near their homes.

In addition to the neighborhood, the three shared a passion for authentic Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon. In 2005 they formed a partnership, bringing together their talents in the vineyard, the cellar and the marketplace. The wine, Cabernet of course, would be called TRIVIUM, Latin for “a place where three ways meet.”

Each partner contributes lifelong experience to the enterprise. Doug farms a vineyard established by his great-great grandfather on St. Helena benchland in 1864. Jack grew up in the orchards of Santa Clara Valley and has made wine in every vintage since 1975. After college Stu worked in a Rheingau cellar and he’s been in the business ever since.

The vineyard, “Les Ivrettes,” takes its name from the French for tipsy girls, recalling the days when daughters Haley, Caitlin and Cassie gathered among the vines for celebrations with friends. Their bright spirits are honored in the TRIVIUM label.

Item Special Note

To be scheduled on mutually acceptable dates.