Colgin Cellars
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Location | St. Helena, California, US |
Coordinates | 38°28′19″N 122°20′53″W / 38.471816°N 122.348009°W |
Founded | 1992 |
Key people | Ann Colgin, Allison Tauziet |
Parent company | LVMH |
Known for | Tychson Hill Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon, Cariad Napa Valley Red Wine, IX Estate Napa Valley Red Wine and IX Estate Syrah |
Varietals | Cabernet Sauvignon, Syrah |
Tasting | Not open to the public. |
Website | http://www.colgincellars.com |
Colgin Cellars is a winery in Napa Valley, California, founded in 1992.
Since 1992, Colgin Cellars has embraced the ideal of crafting wines of harmony, grace, and precision from exceptional hillside vineyards in the heart of the
Vineyards and wines
Herb Lamb: Placing great importance on hillside vineyards, Colgin Cellars began sourcing fruit from the Herb Lamb vineyard in the foothills of Howell Mountain, producing wines from this site from the 1992 to 2007 vintages. The “Herb Lamb” wine is consistently about charm and perfume, with notes of blue fruits and mint.
Tychson Hill: In 1996, the winery purchased a historic vineyard site, with origins dating back to 1860, to the north of the town of Saint Helena. Owned and farmed by Josephine Tychson in the 1880s, the first woman to build a winery in the Napa Valley, the vineyard was replanted with heritage clones of Cabernet Sauvignon and named in her honor. The site is currently planted with 6 acres (2.42 hectares) of vines. 2000 is the first vintage of Colgin Cellars’ “Tychson Hill” Cabernet Sauvignon, a wine celebrated for its ethereal qualities, as well as floral notes, and red fruit distinguishable in every vintage. Lisa Perrotti-Brown, formerly of The Wine Advocate, explained, “Tychson Hill blew my mind…this edifying beauty takes Napa Valley elegance and grace to a whole new level.”
Cariad: From the undulating western hillsides of Saint Helena, Colgin produces a wine called “Cariad” from the 1999 vintage onwards. The mineral-rich soil of the Cariad vineyard produces a strikingly classic Cabernet Sauvignon-based blend. Named for the Welsh word for love, “Cariad” is opulent and structured, characterized by exotic notes of violet, dark fruit, and a gravelly minerality.
IX Estate: In 1998, Colgin Cellars purchased a 125-acre parcel in the Pritchard Hill area overlooking Lake Hennessey and named the property IX Estate (pronounced, "number nine estate"). Development of a 20-acre vineyard and the construction of a winery facility to house the production of all Colgin’s wines commenced. In 2002, the first vintages of “IX Estate” Red, a Cabernet Sauvignon-based blend, and “IX Estate” Syrah were produced. Esteemed wine critic Robert Parker extolled that “the IX Estate is as close to a viticultural nirvana as I have ever seen.”
LVMH partnership
In 2017, Colgin Cellars became a strategic partner of the
In popular culture
As professional athletes have embraced the wine world, visits to Colgin’s winery at IX Estate by
Additionally, entertainers, like Ryan Seacrest and Kyle MacLachlan, have flocked to Colgin as an inspiration and benchmark in their understanding of the wine world.[4] [5]
Colgin Cellars has received the coveted rating of 100-points from The Wine Advocate for 21 wines since its founding in 1992. The uncommon story of Colgin Cellars achieving cult status has been detailed in the
People
Ann Colgin, founder of Colgin Cellars, is an art collector and avid philanthropist, spending the first chapter of her career in the art auction world in New York, before becoming the Director of
Allison Tauziet serves as the Director of Winemaking at Colgin Cellars. Allison studied viticulture and enology at the
References
- ^ "Colgin Cellars and its Unique Limited Production of Napa Valley Red Wines Joins the LVMH Group". LVMH.
- ^ Holmes, Baxter (25 July 2020). "Inside the NBA's secret wine society". ESPN.
- ^ Mobley, Esther (30 November 2018). "How Fine Wine Became the NBA's New Status Symbol". The San Francisco Chronicle.
- ^ Mobley, Esther. "Idolizing Wine". The Wine Spectator. M. Shanken.
- ^ Zylberberg, Shawn. "Finding Home Again: Kyle MacLachlan Chats Live About Making Wine Where He Grew Up". The Wine Spectator. M. Shanken.
- ^ McInerney, Jay. "Napa Valley's Colgin Cellars Flees the Cult and Becomes a Classic". The Wall Street Journal.
- ^ Kelly, Jemima (18 October 2019). "Napa Valley vintner Ann Colgin on selling majority stake in her elite winery". Financial Times.
- ^ Sweetingham, Laura (2 April 2018). "Change Agent Ann Colgin On What's Next for Colgin Cellars". Robb Report.