Jarvis

Jarvis
2970 Monticello Rd
Napa, California
USA 94558
Phone: (707) 255-5280
http://www.jarviswines.com/

Contact: William Jarvis
Email: [email protected]

Upon harvest, Jarvis grapes are transferred to the cave in small 30lb. lugs. We utilize these small lugs rather than gondolas so as not to prematurely crush any of the grapes. Upon entering the cave, these grapes will not see the light of day again until they are sold as wine.

Once the grapes arrive at the cave they will go straight to the Fermentation Gallery, which contains both upright and rotary fermenters. The upright fermentation tanks are shorter and wider than most fermentation tanks, which improves the cap ratio for optimum color and flavor extraction from the skins. The tanks are all jacketed with a Glycol heating and cooling system. For additional tanks, we use 2 fourteen ton rotary fermenters, which provide us a nearly perfect cap ratio. These rotary fermenters are used to produce the blending wines for our reserve wines.

After fermentation, the wines are moved into upright oak cuves, to minimize contact with stainless steel and to begin their oak regimen. The staves for these large cuves were produced by Radoux in France, they arrived in numbered bundles, and were assembled on the spot by Radoux coopers. During the periods of time for wine settling for blending, or for additions the wine is kept in the Radoux cuves rather than stainless tanks, so as to minimize the possibility of the wine developing mercaptans which would detract from the wines natural fruity flavorThe two eventually acquired a weekend estate in Napa and bit by bit got into the culture of winemaking. They spent a lot of time studying how to best plant a vineyard. Next came a careful 10 years of nurturing a vineyard and finally the winery itself, underground for the right cool, humid conditions, and with a combination of the latest rotary fermenters while at the same time classic oak cuves from Cognac.

Their other important activity is a music conservatory they founded in Napa, California. Housed in a 100-year-old stone winery building, the Conservatory conducts master classes in the various arts that go to make up operas. Their annual opera workshops culminated in area-wide “Festivals of the Zarzuela” bringing Spanish opera to the United States. A Baroque Dance Workshop followed. Leticia is now bringing new art film presentations to Napa including current Metropolitan Opera productions sent by way of the internet in High Definition.

Winemaker: Ted Henry

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