News From the Bottle & Vine
Holiday Gift Collections on Sale NOW - January 31, 2025!
NEW RELEASES
2021 Beckstoffer Carneros Lake Vineyard Chardonnay $48
A great accompaniment to poultry and seafood dishes or just to drink by itself!
2022 Napa Valley Carneros Chardonnay $30
This wine, with its fresh fruit forward flavor and aroma, was developed to be enjoyed now!
2021 Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon $85
A rich and full wine, with a myriad of berry elements and goes great with succulent red meats and pasta Bolognese.
HOLIDAY GIFT COLLECTIONS
For the upcoming holiday season, Salexis Wines is excited to announce our 2024 Holiday Collections. Sale prices good through 1/31/25.
Liquid Gold $108 $90
Showcasing the three luscious Chardonnays we currently offer.
A Bit of Both $133 $110
Gives you a bottle of each of our Cabernet Sauvignon and our best Chardonnay!
Mighty Reds $150 $125
This pack has been created for the red wine lovers in mind! It contains the 2021 Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon and our current Napa Valley Merlot.
2021 Trio $198 $165
A collection of our 2021 vintage wines! It includes our Cabernet Sauvignon, Chardonnay, and Merlot.
Our Current Offerings
We are passionate about the wines we've created. We think you will be too!
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Chardonnay
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HARVEST REPORT
2024 SLX Harvest Report
Climate Change, Global Warming, or Just an Anomaly?
These words come to mind when I describe the growing season of 2024 and subsequent harvest. Napa Valley experienced one of the warmest growing seasons on record.
Following a late bud break, I was initially concerned about the potential of a late harvest. Aided by a smaller than normal crop, we had caught up to a normal schedule. It wasn’t the hottest summer, but our mean temperatures were about 3 degrees higher each day than normal during June, July, and August.
We started picking our Beckstoffer Carneros Lake Vineyard Chardonnay on September 13th. As I expected, the crop size was reduced but the fruit was flavorful and is promising to produce exceptional wines.
Then came the heat. For the following three weeks, we had an extended heat wave. Unfortunately, the beginning of the heat cost us the fruit that we would normally use to make the core of our Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon due to excessive dehydration. We picked the fruit for our Clone #30 Cabernet Sauvignon on September 20th which had the flavors and ripeness that I strive for and I am very excited about its progress.
Fortunately, the heat wave passed, and we were able to allow our Merlot fruit from Beckstoffer Las Amigas Vineyard to hang until peak maturity. Again, with a smaller than normal crop, the resulting wine is very concentrated and is perhaps the best vintage of Merlot yet.
The weather patterns have very slowly progressed to a warmer spring and summer than we experienced even ten years ago and certainly when I first started making wine in the 1980s. This has resulted in slightly small crops that ripen sooner than they used to. I beg the question, is this climate change, global warming, or is this just an anomaly?
JG
All of our grapes are grown in the famous microclimates of the Napa Valley.
Thus the wines we hand-craft ensure you receive only the very best.
Seasons of the Vine
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Phone: 707-256-3435
4024 Pinot Drive, Napa, CA 94558