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Best of 2020 Part Seven of the Ava Series onsidered the historic PART SEVEN of the AVA SERIES But what truly heart of Napa – its makes this AVA Rutherford is the first AVA association to have Clatitude and longitude 100% participation in the Napa Green Land program. place it directly in the middle unique is the soil, Photo taken at Leeds & Pesch Vineyard. of the Valley – Rutherford’s referred to as viticultural area encompasses six square miles and three Rutherford Dust, sub-zones, each bordered a term coined by RUTHERFORD on the east by the Vaca Mountains and the west by the great André Mount St. John. Its 6,840 Tchelistcheff who The Historic Heart of acres are planted primarily started in the to Cabernet Sauvignon, for which the area first gained wine industry as a the Napa Valley acclaim in 1939 when Beaulieu Vineyard Georges de Latour won a gold medal at the Golden Gate enologist and later BY FRAN MILLER International Exposition for became a mentor to his 1936 Beaulieu Vineyard some of the Valley’s Cabernet Sauvignon crafted Claiming more than 100 years of continuous winemaking by Joseph Ponti whose most celebrated in Napa, Rutherford is, without a doubt, the Valley’s most historic AVA. responsibilities included winemakers. winemaking and supervis- Throughout prohibition and the devastation of Phylloxera, the area’s wineries – ing the vineyard crews and The term has become synony- the cellar; he even did some via ingenuity and grit– continued to thrive, helping to pave the way mous with the region, and the bookkeeping. for the Valley’s varied wine successes. region has become synonymous The 1936 Georges de with great Cabernet. “André once Latour Private Reserve, proclaimed that to make a great released in 1941, was the first California Cabernet, you need wine to be accepted through- Rutherford Dust,” said Andy out the world as a premier- Beckstoffer, renowned Napa cru level bottling. It was also Valley grape grower and propri- Napa Valley and California’s etor of Beckstoffer Vineyards. first intentionally varietal “Napa Valley’s Cabernet history Cabernet Sauvignon to gain is Rutherford’s history.” international recognition; Rutherford’s soil is gravelly, its success set Napa Valley, sandy, and loamy, its origins and specifically Rutherford, derived from the shattered, Melrose on a steady course toward well-bedded sandstone of three Vineyard Beckstoffer Vineyard Georges III specialization in Bordeaux- alluvial fans. The AVA’s three type wines. George de Latour sub-zones are further defined by Private Reserve remains their soil qualities: The western a benchmark of style and Rutherford Bench contains the quality in California wine. soil sediment deposited by the Today, Steve Tonella, Ponti's Mayacamas Mountains; the Valley great-nephew, is a fourth- Floor features more fertile alluvial generation Rutherford vintner and sedimentary soils, and the and current board president of eastern Benchland features the Rutherford Dust Society. coarse, gravelly soils that transi- One of the more unusual tion to a finer grade. All of the aspects about Rutherford is AVA’s deposits are dominated by that it has a higher radiant the Franciscan marine sedimen- value than other parts of tary materials found in volcanic Napa Valley, meaning that deposits. Deep and well-drained, because the area’s location the fans have pockets that allow is at Napa Valley's widest runoff to more easily flow to point, it spends more time streams and the Napa River. in the sun. Those warm days Trevor Durling, Chief Wine- give way to cool evenings, a maker and General Manager for fluctuation that allows fruit Beaulieu Vineyard, describes the Morisoli // Photo by Margaret Nissen to ripen at a steady pace. “Rutherford Dust” character as a Star Vineyard // Photo by Jack Oliver BEST OF 2020 71 Flora Springs Winery Hozhoni 18 330 Acres A cres vich Sullivan west zinfandel lane lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll zinfandel lane . c cres A Baxter A 1 Zanin o Edralin 1 Ac. n 3 Ac. 25 de . l tto cres o Wm.Harrison c Heitz Leonardini N Wine 9 Ac. The Ranch Winery Crull cres A Caspar Estate 19 Acres 6 6 A Holden . Cellars 37 Vyds. 26 Ac. 6 21 A 1 W.P.V. iffin- c. 22 17 Ac. 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