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Esser Vineyards
German-born Manfred Esser began his career as a salesman for a large European winery; in 1974, he came to the United States. Esser joined Napa Valley's Cuvaison Winery as President in 1986 and, in a little over 10 years, made it one of the most successful estates in the industry. His unique approach to converting customers into "company ambassadors" has set an industry standard for client relations. Having achieved success at Cuvaison, Esser sold his partnership in 1998, fueled by the desire to begin a project of his own.
Years of preparation went into the development of the Esser Vineyards brand. Working closely with Manfred Esser is renowned consulting winemaker Paul Moser, whose style received praise for eight consecutive years from Robert Parker as a "breath of fresh air" in the California wine market.
Introduced in 2001, the Esser Vineyards portfolio launched with four California appellation wines: Chardonnay, Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Pinot Noir. Fashioned with the customer in mind, these fruit-forward, well-balanced wines offer style, value and elegance — the ultimate consumer-friendly California wines.
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Item No. 101222
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A brilliant, full garnet in color, the 2008 Esser Cabernet Sauvignon delivers ripe, zesty red fruit aromas, enhanced by sweet oak notes and hints of toffee, anise, and root spices. It is texturally generous, offering nice palate coverage as well as lots of cherry cobbler fruit, as well as grace... more |
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Item No. 99771
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The aromatics of the 2008 Pinot are most suggestive of juicy spiced cherries and currants, with the suggestions of anise and cola that are often typical of good Pinot Noir. There is a roundness and harmony to the texture, which makes the wine especially inviting for current drinking. Its flavor... more |
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Item No. 98261
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A full, brilliant garnet in color, the wine"s inviting aromas of ripe plum and cherry are filled out by hints of violet, anise, and cola. The palate offers generous red fruit character framed by toffee notes of toasty oak and baking spices. Its texture is firm and lush, with tannins that are... more |
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Item No. 96412
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The wine offers a deep garnet color, along with primary aromas of plum, fig, cassis and grace notes of anise and oak spice. On the palate, it is ripe, with plenty of depth; its fruit character is keynoted by lush and generous plum and berry character framed by smoky oak. An excellent match for... more |
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Item No. 94931
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Blend: 80% Merlot, 16% Cabernet Sauvignon, 4% Syrah
The aromatic profile of the wine reveals a striking combination of ripe plum and black cherry fruit, along with savory complements of cola, sweet tobacco, anise, and some vanilla and toffee notes of oak. It has a remarkably smooth texture for... more |
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Item No. 90786
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The grapes for the 2006 Esser Pinot Noir were grown in six different coastal counties:
Sonoma (14%), Mendocino (6%), Napa (8%), Solano (25%), Monterey (38%), and San Luis Obispo (9%). The blend benefits from the combination of sleeker, more refined components from Sonoma, Napa, and Mendocino,... more |
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Item No. 94271
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Paso Robles fruit is in the forefront of this blend, lending its baked cherry, cassis and leather character to the plum jam, super-ripe, tobacco and spice profile of the Lodi wine. Added to this were small amounts of Lake County and Sonoma County wines, these two provided a bit more focus and... more |
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Item No. 89384
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The cornerstone of the 2005 Esser Chardonnay is a single lot from Clarksburg. At 45% of the blend, its pineappley, ripe citrus character is dominant in the blend; along with the sweet vanilla barrel character from its fermentation, its aromas and flavors are impressive. The other lots added baked... more |
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Item No. 87204
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This medium-bodied, aromatic Pinot Noir owes its broad strawberry and cherry fruit to its Monterey provenance, and its spicy, herbal high notes to its relatively small percentage of Central Coast fruit. The Napa lot was added to enhance the style and focus of the blend. Fermentation was completed... more |
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Item No. 87103
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The blend's predominant component of fruit from the Central Coast was harvested in excellent condition. To provide more softness and highlight the Central Coast fruit character, we blended a smooth, lush-tannin lot from the Monterey County. All fermentation was completed in stainless steel tanks.... more |
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Item No. 88452
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80% Merlot, 16% Cabernet Sauvignon, 4% Syrah
The blended wine shows plenty of ripe cherry and plum fruit in its aromas, backed by a combination of mocha, black tea and licorice tones. Full and round on the palate, its ripeness give the wine a profile of baked black fruits, along with... more |
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Item No. 86474
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Central Coast fruit makes up the majority of this blend, lending a characteristic fruit forward quality to the wine. All fermentation was completed in stainless steel tanks. This blend was aged for 5 months in American Oak.
Tasting Notes:
Delicious and supple displaying a bright bouquet of red... more |
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Item No. 86471
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The primary component of fruit in this blend comes from the Central Coast. To develop more style lots from Monterey County and the Central Valley were sought out. 49% of the blend was barrel fermented and aged on the lees for 4 months.
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Delicious and refreshing the 2004 vintage... more |
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