"There are no plans to make stylistic changes." They hope to maintain current contracts with vineyards, including Martha's Vineyard. "There's no desire to change what we're doing from a winemaking perspective," Boyd told Wine Spectator. Boyd says that bottlings, vineyard sources, the current 40,000-case production and the winemaking team-minus David Heitz, who will be stepping aside-are expected to remain in place. Lawrence has appointed wine industry veteran Robert Boyd, who has previously worked with Kendall-Jackson and Joseph Phelps Vineyards, as the new president and CEO of Heitz. By that point his children had taken over operations, David Heitz as winemaker and Kathleen Heitz-Meyers as chief operating officer. He worked for Gallo and Beaulieu Vineyard in Napa Valley under André Tchelistcheff before starting his own brand. Joe Heitz founded Heitz Cellars in 1961 a native of Princeton, Ill., he came to California in the 1940s while serving in the Army Air Corps. The Lawrences are based in Memphis, Tenn. The family also owns dozens of local banks, and hold a stake in one of the country's largest privately owned heating, ventilation and air-conditioning distributors. His family owns farmland in Illinois, Missouri, Arkansas, Mississippi and Florida, where they own one of the state's largest citrus grove operations. Lawrence is new to the world of wine, but not agriculture.
In the wine business we are all farmers, and with the Lawrence family's history in agriculture, we feel Heitz Cellars will be in good hands." "When we met with Gaylon, it seemed a perfect match. "We feel this is the right time for us to pass this rich legacy to another family," said Kathleen Heitz-Myers. The sale includes more than 400 acres of vineyards. The Napa Valley Cabernet spends another year in bottle before its release.The owners of Heitz Cellars, one of the dominant producers in Napa Valley during its formative years, a champion of single-vineyard expressions and creator of one of Napa's most distinctive and collectible wines, the Cabernet Sauvignon Martha's Vineyard, have sold the winery to Gaylon Lawrence Jr. When decisions have been made to select the exceptional barrels of wine for the single vineyard Cabernet Sauvignons, the remaining barrels are blended together to become our Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon. The winemaker continuously tastes the various lots throughout the first two years of its time in barrel. Each vineyard lot is kept separate and unblended during fermentation and also while aging in French oak barrels. Each vintage, Cabernet Sauvignon fruit is harvested from vineyards in Oakville, Rutherford, Howell Mountain, St.
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Harvested from estate vineyards spanning six sub-appellations throughout the Napa Valley, this Cabernet Sauvignon offers a full composition of the breadth of Napa Valley as a whole.įrom the fertile soils of western Oakville, to the recognizable terroir known as the “Rutherford Dust”, to the mountain grown fruit atop rugged Howell Mountain, these vineyards are each unique, but when combined, provide a palette of site specific characteristics that are the essence of Napa Valley. Since the founding of Heitz, Cabernet Sauvignon has been consistently made year after year, with the intention of showcasing the best of the Heitz vineyards throughout the Napa Valley.
The wines are made with an unwavering commitment to quality from organically farmed, 100% Napa Valley fruit, and a commitment to the sustainability of Napa Valley. In April, 2018, Heitz Cellar entered an exciting new chapter as this rich legacy was passed into the hands of the Lawrence family, whose deep roots in agriculture and commitment to the same core values of fine winemaking made it a perfect match. Fifty-eight years of the Heitz family’s dedication to viticulture, stewardship, and classic winemaking, maintained the winery’s notoriety as a benchmark amongst its peers in California and Europe. In the late 1950’s, pioneering vintner Joe Heitz ushered in Napa’s modern era with his iconic, globally celebrated wines, including Napa Valley’s first vineyard-designated Cabernet Sauvignon, the renowned Heitz Cellar Martha’s Vineyard. Family owned since its founding in 1961, Heitz Cellar’s legacy runs as deep as the roots throughout the Napa Valley a winery legend that has helped shape the history of Napa Valley winemaking.
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