Event

Every Thursday from 4:00 until 8:00 pm we open a special bottle of wine and offer to you at a highly discounted price.
The wines are typically 90 points or better and are discounted 20-40%. Sometimes even more! when we can get special pricing from our vendors , we pass the savings along to you!!
Come in on Thursday and sample. If you can't make it, call us and we can put some aside for you!! 
(All purchases must be accompanied by a credit card.)

Emmolo 
Merlot 2013  

100% Merlot Napa Valley, California

Caymus, Conundrum, Mer Soleil, Belle Glos 
and now Emmolo

Jenny Wagner is the newest member of the Wagners to join the family business as a winemaker.
Emmolo is named after Jenny’s maternal family, and was launched twenty years ago by her mother, Cheryl Emmolo.  

Jenny has been working alongside her father, Chuck Wagner founder of Caymus, for the past few years, benefiting from hands-on learning of both grape farming and winemaking in the Napa Valley. 

Forget what you thought about Merlot, this wine breaks all those paradigms!

Big and lush, this is the classic "iron fist in a velvet glove" wine.

Bring on the beef!

90 Points! James Suckling

 "Bright and fruity style of merlot with blueberry and blackberry, light and silky tannins and a bright finish.
High-toned but fresh and clean." 

 Our Regular price $74.99
Special Private Sale for Existing
Wine Cabinet Patrons Only!

If you came by or called on last week's
Belle Glos Open Bottle, this one falls in a similar price range! 

703-668-9463 (WINE)
 

A dark plum color, this wine opens with the lush scents of baking chocolate and fig, enhanced by notes of dried stone fruit, Christmas spice and wisps of Mesquite smoke. The palate is wonderfully rich and supple, driven by dark berry flavors. On the finish: a harmony of fresh earthiness and smoky notes rounded out with tannins that are leathery and smooth..

A bit about Emmolo...... 

Jenny Wagner daughter of Chuck Wagner has taken the reins of Emmolo (EM – oh – low) Winery from her mother, Cheryl Emmolo, the owner and founder of this lovely Rutherford estate.

Jenny Wagner's family has a long-standing history in Napa Valley beginning with her great-grandfather, Italian immigrant, Salvatore Emmolo, who planted grapevines and started a grapevine rootstock nursery in Rutherford in the 1920s. He grew and sold phylloxera-resistant vines – the same "resistant" vines that saved the wine industry from the devastating vinifera louse of the late 19th century. His son, Frank Emmolo, ran Emmolo Nursery and built a strong following among Napa Valley grape growers, becoming the leading supplier to Napa Valley vintners for five decades.

After becoming established grape growers, the Emmolos opened up Palermo Winery in 1934, named after the city from which they emigrated. The winery operated for less than a decade, closing due to the public's lack of interest in wine. As things worked out, the family sustained the land over the years and tossed their hat into the ring again, with Cheryl Emmolo establishing the building as Emmolo Winery. Now Jenny Wagner will continue the family legacy of farming vines and making Emmolo wine in the original winery built by her great grandfather in 1934. 

Production and Style:

Merlot is a variety that requires hands-on manipulation in the vineyard to make a rich, concentrated wine. Crop thinning throughout the growing season leads to a low yield of rich, concentrated fruit. Grapes are sourced from Emmolo Oak Knoll, which includes two vineyards, one of which my grandfather Frank Emmolo purchased in 1972. On an average summer day, Oak Knoll is about 7 degrees cooler than Rutherford, allowing for a longer "hang time" than in warmer areas, which means that we can push the grapes to full ripeness. Harvest came in early to mid-October, and the combination of cooler weather, crop thinning and gravely light soil created ideal conditions for producing a rich, distinctive Merlot.