Red Soil Wines Make Gold
SONOMA, CALIFORNIA – (January 20, 2016) – Sonoma winemaking legend and family patriarch Sam Sebastiani, is pleased to announce the 2015 awards and acclamations bestowed upon La Chertosa Old World Wines. The following wines were the big winners:
The 2010 WINEMAKER REMEMBERANCE CABERNET SAUVIGNON Napa Valley took home a Gold Medal at the 2015 Sunset International Wine Competition as well as a Gold Medal and 90 Points at the 2015 San Francisco International Wine Competition.
The 2013 SONOMA VALLEY RESERVE CHARDONNAY received a Double Gold Medal at the 2015 San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition, as well as Best of Class Region at the 2015 California State Fair Commercial Wine Competition. At the 2015 Denver International Wine Competition the Chardonnay also received a Gold Medal.
The 2012 SONOMA VALLEY RESERVE SANGIOVESE won a Gold Medal at the 2015 San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition.
The 2013 AMADOR COUNTY ZINFANDEL scored 89 Points and a Gold Medal at the 2015 San Francisco International Wine Competition as well as a Gold Medal at the 2015 Denver International Wine Competition.
“Recognition and acclaim from the top judging’s year after year validate our preference and history with red soil wine growing,” enthused Sebastiani.
“If you look at great old-world European wines, whether they be from Italy or France, many have one thing in common, long-established vineyards in great winegrowing red soil,” added Sebastiani. “Whether it is Cherry Block at Sebastiani or the Kunde Ranch in Kenwood or our vineyards in Amador, we held true to our heritage by having selected vineyards planted on the most valuable soils. Because of my over 50 years selecting the best locations, La Chertosa wines are the offspring of uniquely cultured vineyard sites.”
La Chertosa is named for the magnificent 14th century Renaissance monastery in the Tuscan valley of Farneta, Italy where the Sebastiani ancestral roots began. Here Sam’s grandfather Samuele Sebastiani learned from the monks to make wine in the “Old World” style. Samuele came to Sonoma in 1893, and found that Sonoma closely resembled faraway Farneta in three ways; it boasted a mild Mediterranean climate, had the same Mediterranean red soils and was blessed with gently sloping hillsides. He founded Sebastiani Winery in 1904, one of the first wineries in California and employed the time-honored techniques taught him by the Carthusian monks in Farneta, to create in Sonoma, the winemaking style Sam continues in crafting the harmonic flavors in La Chertosa wines.
La Chertosa wines can be purchased at fine wine locations in California, Nebraska and Colorado or by visiting www.lachertosawines.com. La Chertosa will release its 2014 Sonoma Valley Reserve Chardonnay, a 2014 Sonoma Valley Reserve Sangiovese, and the 2014 Amador County Zinfandel shortly. La Chertosa was chosen by Wine Business Monthly a “Hot Brand of 2014” designation.
