Pepi Sound of Love
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CD: Music for Two Hearts
A beautiful sampling of classical music.
Pepi Cabernet Sauvignon (Screw Cap)
Dark and concentrated, showing spicy notes of clove with black cherry, toffee and earth. In the mouth, it spreads to pick up appealing black licorice, plum, cassis and creamy chocolate flavors that flesh out the fruit.
Pepi Sauvignon Blanc (Screw Cap)
An unabashedly jazzy blend that features vibrant aromas of thyme and tarragon, grass and gooseberry alongside flavors of grapefruit and tropical fruits.
Pepi Merlot (Screw Cap)
Power-packed yet elegant with a compact structure and big, forward fruit. Warm, sweet aromas of blackberry, cherry. Flavors are ripe with the fullness of chocolate, berries, graham cracker and oak spices.
The screw cap will keep these wines fresh while eliminating the possibility of cork taint.
Please note that due to the popularity of this product, we reserve the right to substitute like wines and vintages.
A winding path through the world of wine brought Johnson in January 2001 to Pepi (owned by Kendall-Jackson Wine Estates in Napa Valley). Chris went to work in 1996 for Kendall-Jackson Wine Estates. Less than two years later he took on the job of winemaker at the original Kendall-Jackson winery in Lake County.
Pepi is something different, however, Chris said he loves its spontaneous, risk-taking approach to wine. He favors the crisp, unfettered and natural character of those varietals in his Pepi bottlings. And his experience with Pinot Grigio in New York and Sauvignon Blanc in Lake County prepared him to master two of Pepi's leading wines. It's all part of forming a closer kinship with the creative magic/science of winemaking. "The natural cycles, the creatively, skill, great people, beautiful land - all the connections come together in wine," Chris said. "Just punching down, you see the skins, the red juice bubbling away. There's something about that whole transformation. It's cool."