Buoncristiani Family Winery
2018 Napa Valley Chardonnay, 1 bottle and
2016 O.P.C. Napa Valley Proprietary Red Wine, 1 bottle

2018 Napa Valley Chardonnay, 1 bottle 750ml

92 Points "A beautiful Chardonnay!" 
- Jeb Dunnuck

As with everything in the wine industry, patience is the key to success, and after several years of searching for the right source for the Buoncristiani Chardonnay we finally found the perfect blocks. The 2018 marks the tenth vintage of Buoncristiani Chardonnay, a wine that focuses primarily on fruit, minerality and balanced acidity, with secondary flavors of integrated new French oak richness framed by a full mid palate and a lingering finish.

Harvest timing was essential, allowing for full flavor development, acid balance, and optimum ripeness. Once the desired flavors were at their peak, the fruit was hand harvested in the early cold morning and gently whole cluster pressed. The juice was then slowly fermented by both native and specially selected yeast in a combination of new and twice used French oak barrels and small stainless steel drums. Upon dryness, weekly barrel stirring of the lees commenced to increase the complexity of the aromas and mouthfeel. Only 35% of the secondary malolactic fermentation was allowed, thus giving the final wine’s profile a beautiful balance between richness, intense fruit and crisp acidity in the long finish as we desired.

Following 10 months of sur lie aging we obtained a distinguished harmony between the multiple components during blending trials. We folded the best fit barrels together and with excitement bottled the tenth of many Buoncristiani Chardonnays. Saluté!

2016 O.P.C. Napa Valley Proprietary Red Wine, 1 bottle, 750ml

92 Points "Creamy, voluptuous and super-inviting!"
- Antonio Galloni, Vinous

The Buoncristiani O.P.C. is our Napa Valley proprietary red blend. In the quest to create a wine uniquely ours, we discovered the synergy of marrying Napa Cabernet Sauvignon with Syrah, while also folding in further complexity of texture and flavor with Napa Malbec and Merlot blenders. Grapes are sourced from some of Napa’s most prestigious vineyards including Hyde, Stagecoach, Hossfeld and Bennett. Just like our winemaking fathers before us, with "Ol' Pa's Cuvée" we brothers continue the family tradition of handcrafting blends that help accentuate the enjoyment of life.

To ensure our highest standard of quality, the vineyards are managed by growers who adhere to our strict viticultural philosophy and the wines are crafted with our own hands. The components of O.P.C. were harvested and fermented separately in small batches, then carefully blended in several phases during the second year of barrel aging. This 2016 O.P.C. was aged in French oak barrels for 20 months and bottled in June of 2018.

We, the Buoncristiani brothers, take pride in performing all aspects of enology, viticulture, wine production, marketing, and package design in order to share with you a true expression of our winemaking passion.

Buoncristiani Brothers Winery is a collaboration of brothers born into a wine-loving Italian family in the Napa Valley. Every harvest the brothers worked alongside their dad in the small vineyards he tended, learning how to tend the vineyard and craft wine for family and friends to share. 

These early hands-on experiences reinforced in each of the brothers a desire to pursue educational and professional opportunities that would enable them to one day make world-class wines.  In 1999 the brothers commercially founded Buoncristiani Family Winery and have been producing highly sought after Napa Valley wines ever since.

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