
TASTING NOTES: FEL Wines from Anderson Valley
I’ve been to Napa and Sonoma enough times to have hit most of the majors, so I love it when I run across a new winery to visit. The latest to make my list? Cliff Lede Vineyards in the Stags Leap District of Napa Valley. The operation’s wines are well-known as rock stars in the Napa Cab world, but they are also producing some up-and-coming Anderson Valley wines under the label FEL. As the story goes, Canadian Cliff Lede (pronounce LAY-dee) fell in love with Napa on a business trip in the 1990s. By 2002, he had purchased a 60-acre estate vineyard on the Silverado Trail and added a boutique hotel to the winemaking operations. Today, Cliff Lede Vineyards produces outstanding Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignons and red blends with winemaker Christopher Tynan, who cut his teeth on 100-pt beauties at Colgin Cellars.
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