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About
The Piña name (it means “fruit of the pine” in Spanish) is familiar as one of the most respected vineyard management companies in the Napa Valley—farming prestigious estates including Pahlmeyer,O’Shaughnessy, Cafaro, Dina (Cimarossa Vineyards), Emilio’s Terrace, O’Brien Family Winery, Gemstone, Howell At the Moon, Hughes, Johnson (Bisou), Kapcsandy, Roy Estate, Sawyer, Showket, Teaderman Family, Vogt Vineyards and Winston Hill (Frank Family Vineyards).
The family has been making its home in the Napa Valley since 1856 when their progenitor Bluford Stice led a wagon train into the valley from Missouri. The Piñas’ great-great-grandfather Bluford Stice’s son Lafayette was a farmer and winemaker, owning vineyards where Stice Lane is today, just south of St. Helena; he was a leader in the wine industry of Napa Valley at the turn of the twentieth century as the winemaker at Inglenook Winery.
What to Expect
Cabenet Sauvignon: French origins. Its a versatile grape produces exceptional wines. Typically, medium to full bodied with a fine structure that supports black and red fruit flavors with typical notes of olive, chili and herbs that add complexity.
Pina 2006 Firehouse Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon / Rutherford
A bold wine that packs a powerful nose filled with cherry, raspberry, plum and currants, with hints of herbs and spicy oak. On the palate the wine is well-structured with solid tannins and offers the zip of dried red fruit flavors and minerals that build to a hot, lingering finish. It is a great candidate for the cellar. While good now, in five years, it promises to be exceptional.
Score: 89
