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Wine Description
The Story
In 2011, Coppola successfully reclaimed the Inglenook trademark so that his Rubicon Estate in Rutherford could revert back to its historic original name.
At the same time, he hired winemaker Philippe Bascaules, previously of Bordeaux first growth Château Margaux, as estate manager and winemaker, with Stéphane Derenoncourt continuing as consultant winemaker for the estate.
Inglenook was founded in 1880 by Gustave Niebaum, a Finnish sea ca...
Vintage 1972
The 1972 California wine harvest stands as a notable, bright outlier against the globally dismal 1972 European vintage, marked by a warm, stable growing season in Napa Valley, Sonoma, and the Santa Cruz Mountains that allowed grapes to reach healthy maturity with bright natural acidity. Unlike their European counterparts, Northern California winemakers harvested under dry, favorable early autumn weather, producing classic mid-century Cabernet ...
