$16.99 at Crush Wine & Spirits in Bryant, Arkansas (AR)
100% Sauvignon Blanc. Grapes from two vineyards one in Lake County and the other in Napa Valley.
Aromas of honey suckle, lemon and orange blossoms. On the palate, it is fresh with pear, red apple, and peach flavors.
Tuck Beckstoffer’s creation, The 75 Wine Company, commemorates 1975, the year his family moved to Napa Valley and first year he worked on a harvest. He has worked on every harvest since then which contributed to his in-depth knowledge of viticultural practices and his extensive familiarity with the top vineyard locations throughout Napa, Sonoma, Lake, and Mendocino Counties. He worked for wineries in Napa and Australia before starting his own wine company.
The 75 Wine Co. is one of a number of labels he currently operates under Tuck Beckstoffer Wines. His other labels are Mockingbird, Semper Wines, Victory Vineyards, Vinifera, and Dancing Hares Winery and Estate which now the home of his high-end brands. Tuck started his wine company in 1997. The company makes 25,000 cases of wine a year at prices ranging from $14.00 to $180.00.
Tuck is the son of Andy Beckstoffer, one of Napa Valley’s grape growing pioneers. Andy, a Virginia native, began coming to the Napa area in the late 1960s and later established Beckstoffer Vineyards. The Beckstoffers are Napa’s largest independent family growers who produce some of the highest quality and prestigious grapes sought after by many well-known wineries. Beckstoffer Vineyards owns a significant portion of the region’s most prestigious vineyards. Among others, in Napa Valley they own:
To Kalon – 83 acres
George III – 251 acres
Dr. Crane – 21 acres
Missouri Hopper – 36 acres
Las Piedras – 22 acres
The total acreage of their vineyards in Napa Valley is 894. They also own 1,205 acres in Mendocino County, and 1,499 acres in the Red Hills AVA of Lake County which became an appellation in 2004. Their total California vineyard acreage is 3,598.
