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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 1978
Napa Valley vintage report: Wet spring led to concerns about early botrytis, but desired warm weather followed bloom. From then on, it was a classic ripening season with a heat wave arriving just before the start of the harvest. The harvest was frenetic and some grapes became too ripe. But the size of the harvest was large enough to compensate for two years of drought. Cabernets are large in scale, sometimes with excess alcohol. The best ones ...
