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Editorial profile
Alexander Valley Vineyards is a family-owned estate winery founded in 1975 by Hank and Linda Wetzel on the historic Alexander Valley homestead the Wetzel family purchased in 1962, on land originally settled by valley namesake Cyrus Alexander. Winemaker Kevin Hall, at the winery since 1998, oversees a broad Alexander Valley-focused Cabernet Sauvignon, Zinfandel and Bordeaux-blend program alongside smaller Rhône and Italian-variety bottlings. The flagship CYRUS is a Bordeaux-style blend led by Cabernet Sauvignon; standard-tier Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet Franc, Pinot Noir, Zinfandel and a Syrah-Viognier co-aged blend round out the estate range, alongside a separately vinified organically farmed Cabernet Sauvignon from over 19 CCOF-certified acres.
A family of proprietary Zinfandels — Sin Zin, Temptation, Redemption and the late-harvest Salvation — and the Zinfandel-led Homestead Red Blend extend the Zinfandel program beyond the home appellation into Sonoma County and Dry Creek Valley fruit. The Alexander School Reserve (ASR) tier adds single-vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon, Old Vine Zinfandel, Petite Sirah, Primitivo and the Rhône-style Alluvia blend. White and rosé bottlings include a Sonoma County Sauvignon Blanc, a dry Rosé of Sangiovese made since 2005, and a Gewürztraminer sourced from an organic vineyard in Mendocino County's Potter Valley. Estate vineyards are Certified California Sustainable Winegrowing.
- Winemaker
- Kevin Hall, Winemaker since 1998
- Farming certification
- Certified California Sustainable Winegrowing (estate-wide); CCOF Certified Organic on the organically grown Cabernet Sauvignon and Gewürztraminer vineyards
estate acres
as stated by the producer
Facts read from avvwine.com
What's on file
Address
8644 HIGHWAY 128
Source
https://www.avvwine.com/Where it's registered
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- Principal8644 HIGHWAY 128, HEALDSBURG
The ground it sits on
Sub-AVA · Alexander Valley
6.1
pH, 1:1 water
14.3cm
, whole profile
108cm
to
Well drained
, dominant condition
Distribution across 148 · mean ◆, median │, p10–p90 bar
Dominant
- 11.9%
- 10.3%
- 7.9%
- 7.3%
- 6.8%
148 map units · soil described over 93.6% of the region’s area · 5.6% is water, rock outcrop or other non-soil · 77% of the described area has a restrictive layer within the profile.
Wines
blend · Alexander Valley
The estate's flagship Bordeaux-style blend, first produced in 1995.
blend · Alexander Valley
The estate's standard-tier Cabernet Sauvignon.
Cabernet Sauvignon Organically Grown
Cabernet Sauvignon · Alexander Valley
Vinified separately from over 19 acres of CCOF-certified organic Cabernet Sauvignon (clones 4, 6 and 337).
50th Anniversary Cabernet Sauvignon
Cabernet Sauvignon · Alexander Valley
Limited release marking the winery's 50th anniversary, from a small vineyard planted to Clone 7, a descendant of the Concannon Mother Vine.
blend · Alexander Valley
Syrah and Viognier barrel-aged separately then blended, in the tradition of Côte-Rôtie.
Old-vine Zinfandel first made in 1978.
blend · Alexander Valley
Late-harvest dessert-style Zinfandel.
blend · Alexander Valley
blend · Alexander Valley
Made since the winery's first vintage of it in 2005.
Alexander School Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon
Cabernet Sauvignon · Alexander Valley
From the Alexander School Reserve single-vineyard tier.
From the Alexander School Reserve single-vineyard tier.
Alexander School Reserve Petite Sirah
Petite Sirah · Alexander Valley
From the Alexander School Reserve single-vineyard tier.
Alexander School Reserve Primitivo
From the Alexander School Reserve single-vineyard tier.
Alexander School Reserve Alluvia
blend · Alexander Valley
A Rhône-style blend from the Alexander School Reserve tier.
Gewurztraminer · Mendocino County
Sourced from a single certified-organic vineyard in Mendocino's Potter Valley, about an hour north of the home estate.
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