Peju Merlot Napa Valley

In 1983 with dreams of raising their young family on a farm tony and herta peju bought thirty acres of vines in the famed rutherford district of the napa valley. Since then the peju family has maintained a meticulous focus on the land fostering sustainable and environmental consciousness across their five estates. Still family-owned and operated with daughters lisa and ariana poised to take the helm peju winery has become an integral piece of the napa valley landscape. Vineyard peju’s rutherford estate is a california certified organic vineyard and is planted primarily with cabernet sauvignon merlot and cabernet franc. Persephone ranch is sustainably farmed and its pope valley climate is suited to grow sauvignon blanc as well as zinfandel syrah cabernet sauvignon cabernet franc and merlot. Drawing from such varied terroir the wines exhibit the perfect blend of mountain-fruit focus and rutherford complexity vintage the 2014 harvest has been termed a dream vintage rega