Francis Ford Coppola Diamond Collection Black Label Claret Cabernet Sauvignon

The inspiration for the Diamond Collection was a bottle of 1906 Claret we found in the cellar of the Napa Valley property we purchased in 1975. We didn’t really know what Claret was but learned it was the British name for Cabernet blends. I liked the word Claret because the definition implied something that was clear and pure but I was discouraged from using the term because people wouldn’t know what it meant. Despite opposition we created a red blend and launched the Diamond Collection with Black Label Claret as our flagship wine. – Francis Ford Coppola Diamond Collection Claret typically includes some combination of Cabernet Sauvignon Merlot Cabernet Franc Petit Verdot and Malbec to create a prestige Bordeaux-style blend bottled with gold netting in the way Europe’s finest wines were once presented. Claret fruit is grown in a range of vineyards from diverse locations resulting in greater complexity. This vintage the majority of fruit came from Solano El Dorado and Lake c