2020

Eleanor Red Wine

Taste Profile

Chocolate
Almonds
Black Cherry
Clove
Currants

The 2020 Eleanor is a rich, full wine with extraordinary aromas and mouth-filling flavors that highlight the sophisticated levels of its complexity

The 2020 Eleanor is a rich, full wine with extraordinary aromas and mouth-filling flavors that highlight the sophisticated levels of its complexity. Sonoma fruit provides this vintage with polish and a wealth of structure for the wine to further evolve in the bottle. Lively notes of mocha, white pepper, and tobacco on the nose are accentuated on the palate with impressions of chocolate, almonds, black cherry, clove, and currants. Firm tannins and a long, juicy finish are key components of this unforgettable vintage.

Eleanor has always been a true partner in all of Francis's endeavors. After fifty years of marriage, Francis wanted to honor her with ‘Eleanor,’ her own wine.

“I met Eleanor in 1962 upon the occasion of beginning my first feature film in Dublin, Ireland. She worked in the art department and we quickly became fast friends, as we had much in common — coming from artistic families and enjoying food and wine. Our friendship blossomed into a romance and we were married; Eleanor giving me the greatest creative gift possible, children. We moved to San Francisco to raise our new family, and dreamed of having a small country house in the Napa valley with a few acres of grapes. Unexpectedly we found ourselves the owner of a large and beautiful wine estate. We’ve lived on the property with our family ever since, and our love of the land and of winemaking grew beyond our expectations, into wineries in both Napa and Sonoma valleys.

Eleanor has always been a true partner in all my endeavors, bringing her creativity, honesty, and generous spirit to it all — she’s wife, mother, artist, filmmaker, collaborator, and inspiration. For all this and more, after fifty years of marriage, I wanted to honor her with ‘Eleanor’ her own wine.”

— Francis Ford Coppola

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$85.00

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Wine Notes

The 2020 Eleanor is a rich, full wine with extraordinary aromas and mouth-filling flavors that highlight the sophisticated levels of its complexity. Sonoma fruit provides this vintage with polish and a wealth of structure for the wine to further evolve in the bottle. Lively notes of mocha, white pepper, and tobacco on the nose are accentuated on the palate with impressions of chocolate, almonds, black cherry, clove, and currants. Firm tannins and a long, juicy finish are key components of this unforgettable vintage.

Sonoma fruit provides this vintage with polish and a wealth of structure for the wine to further evolve in the bottle. Lively notes of mocha, white pepper, and tobacco on the nose are accentuated on the palate with impressions of chocolate, almonds, black cherry, clove, and currants. Firm tannins and a long, juicy finish are key components of this unforgettable vintage.

The warm spring in 2020 made for early bud break in most regions, followed by a cool March and April and variable temperatures. Temperatures levelled off and stayed consistently warm throughout July and August. During harvest, we ran micro ferments to test for quality, and found that the 2020 vintage wines are tasting exceptional!

Enjoy the Scents and Flavors
Scents
Mocha
White Pepper
Tobacco
Flavors
Chocolate
Almonds
Black Cherry
Clove
Currants

42.5%

Syrah

36.7%

Cabernet Sauvignon

13.7%

Petit Verdot

5.5%

Petite Sirah

1.6%

Other

42.5%

Syrah

36.7%

Cabernet Sauvignon

13.7%

Petit Verdot

5.5%

Petite Sirah

1.6%

Other

Alcohol

14.7%

Barrel Regimen

18 months in French oak barrels, 50% new French oak
Sonoma County

Pairs Well With

Beef Carpaccio
Filet Mignon

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