Many longtime Dedalus fans are, by now, also fans of Bruce Neyers and his wines. Vintage after vintage, the bottlings from Bruce’s Conn Valley Ranch in the heart of the Napa Valley, are a testament to what many of us consider Napa’s real potential. These wines aren’t fruit monsters. They don’t blow your face off with one big cooked cherry note. They have stuffing, balance, and complexity.

Winemaking at Neyers Vineyards is a collaborative effort. Bruce works closely with his winemaker Ehren Jordan to fashion each of the gems that bear the winery’s label.  When he’s not making beautiful Cabs for Bruce, Ehren’s “day job” finds him at the helm of the uber-culty Turley Cellars, where he turns out some of the finest Zin and Petite Sirah bottlings money can buy. That Ehren is a rockstar winemaker cannot me doubted. His style is informed by a stint in France at the legendary estate of Jean-Luc Colombo in Cornas. His wines, even in their biggest, most extracted state, communicate the essence of a place. His insistence on terroir-driven wines workes well for Bruce who, for his “day job”, is the National Sales Director for Kermit Lynch Wine Merchants – a job that finds him in the most renowned vineyards of France several times each year.

Their combined experience drives them to leave their wine alone. It is all handled minimally. They don’t filter, fine, micro-oxygenate or succumb to the use of designer yeasts and starters. They grow the best fruit, use the best barrels, and let nature take over until blending time rolls around. This is risky business, but with great risk come great reward. Neyers Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon has been compared – by some highly regarded wine critics – to the legendary estate of Chateau Margaux. For those of us lucky enough to have popped open a bottle of Margaux, the comparison hits the mark. But, as you can see by the modest price tag, you don’t have to auction you house or harvest your organs to put a case of this wine in your basement. Snap up a few bottles or a case before it evaporates.

Stop by the shop anytime between 5 and 8 on Wednesday, October 28^th for a taste of 5 of Bruce’s world class wines.