Wine

Item Description

Behrens Family Winery is a boutique winery in the truest sense. Owned by Les Behrens and Lisa Drinkward, Behrens Family Winery produces small lots of six or seven wines a year at its winery perched high atop Spring Mountain. Each wine is a low tech labor of love: crushed into one-ton bins, punched down by hand, gently transferred to barrel, and bottled unfined and unfiltered. One only has to look at Les and Lisa’s hands during harvest to know their wines are truly “hand-crafted.” The couple also gravitates toward small, interesting and low-yielding vineyard sites, working with growers whom they know, like, and trust, and who are as obsessive about quality as they are. For Les and Lisa, it’s all about letting the vineyards steal the show, and allowing the wines to speak for themselves.

This collection features four perennial favorites from Behrens Family small production, which sell out very, very fast.  Here’s your chance to make these yours:

• The 2016 Collector is a beautiful assemblage of four principle Bordeaux grape varieties. Structure and bright energy create a perfect foundation. The mouthfeel is juicy, balanced, and packed with black cherry, toffee and toasty oak, and all this wraps up in a lengthy mocha finish.
  
  
• The 2015 Spare Me is a champion blend of Cabernet and Petit Verdot. Striking flavors of cherry pie, cinnamon and earthy notes follow the intriguing aromas of raspberry and mint. Beautifully balanced with loads of dark fruit, the mouthfeel is juicy with fine grained tannins and a lively finish of earthy notes and blackberries.
  
  
• Head in the Clouds, from the stunning 2016 vintage, is saturated purple black in color, with gorgeous aromas of clove, tobacco, and violets that spring from the glass.  This wine is vibrant and energetic with high notes of cherry, red raspberry, and white pepper that are grounded with earthy flavors of cinnamon, currant, and ripe black plum. Everything comes together seamlessly in a broad, juicy finish. “Feet on the ground, head in the sky…” - That’s a balance worth striving for.
  
  
• La Danza is loaded with aromas of ripe summer melons, juicy nectarine, bright grapefruit zest, and gooseberry: this 2017 Sauvignon Blanc/Sauvignon Musque blend is succulent and mouthwatering. A delicate floral lift of honeysuckle, green almonds and tropical notes of guava, along with a firm vein of minerality lead to a long creamy finish.

Item Special Note

Collection of California Sales Tax: Unless a valid resale permit is presented to seller prior to the sale, purchaser will be required to pay all state and local retail sales taxes applicable on the date of sale. Resale permits will be accepted only for businesses that are reasonably expected to buy and sell wine. Sales tax will be collected on the purchase price of each lot which contains tangible goods.

Shipping or Pick up of Wines: Shipping costs are the sole responsibility of the winner.

Non-Napa County winners must arrange for their wines to be shipped from The Packaging Company, beginning Friday, March 6, 2020. If you're the lucky winner, we'll call or email you with directions for making this happen.

Napa County winners of auction lots containing wine may pick up their wines at the St. Helena office of the UpValley Family Centers beginning Friday, March 6, 2020. If you are the lucky winner, we'll call or email you with directions and details.