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E16 Wine Company Estate Vineyards & Wines

E 16 Wine Company Confidential


Meet the Team


The Road to E16

In the early 1900’s my grandfather was growing grapes in the Central Valley. Our family has been in agriculture for three generations. This had a huge influence on my life as a child and young man growing up. Watching my family work the fields and produce food and grapes made a lasting impression on me. I knew that one day I would return to my roots and till the earth. When the chance arose in in 1995 to purchase land in an up and coming Vineyard Appellation I took the leap and bought 40 acres in El Dorado County off County Road E16. Today that land has been cleared and planted to many Rhone varietals which we have sold to neighboring wineries.

“My vision was to

grow the finest

varietals and

manage the

vineyard with the

same care and

compassion for the

land as my

grandfather.”

-President, Robert Jones

My vision was to grow the finest varietals and manage the vineyard with care and compassion for the land. Today we have achieved that goal and the vineyard produces some remarkable grapes and wine. In continuing the vision we have expanded our production to include the premier appellations of California with six additional wines from the best of what California has to offer.

A Word from our President

Robert Jones


The Road to E16

When I was A child my parents had this crazy idea to grow grapes in the headlands of Napa County in the late 60’s. They got together with some our Italian friends that were already living in Napa and growing grapes for generations. They talked my parents into buying 20 acres of land in what is now known as Carneros. I thought they were crazy. There was nothing there. While Kelly’s family managed the vineyards Kelly was quickly getting the “wine bug”. His family spent those early years managing the vineyards and selling the grapes to local wineries. “As a result” Kelly says, “I spent my childhood and early adulthood close to the vines. My love of fine wines really developed first in the vineyard.”

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A Word from our VP

Kelly Young

Vice President, Kelly Young

There were a lot of old timers in those days.” Kelly recalls, “We sat around the long plank board family table with maybe 15 or 20 neighbors and friends on the weekends and ate dinner, argued about wine growing techniques, the weather, the future of wine, and enjoyed life at a much simpler pace. It wasn’t the Napa Valley we know today. Everything was very rustic” Working with E16 is a culmination of my lifetime interest in growing, making and enjoying fine wine from the best that California has to offer.


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Introducing our Winemaker

Daniel Moore Daniel Moore is winemaker extraordinaire. With over 35 vintages under his belt Daniel helped pave the way in the early days of winemaking in Russian River and Sonoma County. Many of the techniques and styles that Daniel imparts into his masterful bag of secrets are copied today by up and coming apprentices and may even be discussed as part of Enology programs .

Daniel has a long list of Wineries that he has influenced over the years. Arriving in the Russian River Valley in 1983, Daniel has made a name for himself as a talented and far-thinking winemaker. Building on his love of Pinot Noir he has made wine for a number of noteworthy wineries such as Martinelli and Lynmar (as well as his own winery Zmoore). He was the founding winemaker for both wineries and worked for the latter for over a decade. Daniel uses over 30 vintages of experience to craft wines of great depth and complexity. Over the years his style has remained true

to his vision—that the wines have balance.

Today Daniel lends his expert consulting and time to a few special clients. He continues to produce wines that exceed expectations repeatedly garnering scores from the critics in the 90’s. For E 16 Wine Company Daniel’s approach involves minimal intervention, natural yeasts and style that respects the land from which the grapes came Daniel continues the legend.

The Jones Family

• Third generation grape

grower

• Land Management

• Family history of

Agriculture, Fine Food,

and Winemaking


40 Acres mostly under vine - El Dorado

County, Fairplay Appellation - Rhone

Varietals

The Young Family

• Late 60’s Carneros

Region Chardonnay

Pioneers

• California native over

50 years with multi

generation family ties

• Developed multiple

ranches over the

years


Wine aficionado with collection

of Sonoma and Napa wines

spanning 30 years. Trained Chef

• Keep overhead to a minimum

• Allows us to seek out best vineyards with ability to secure multi year contracts while still remaining agile

• Invest in grapes, barrels and winemaking not land taxes, mortgage and maintenance

Key Benefits of Virtual Winery Model


• Allows us to seek out Ultra Premium Grapes from the “Sweet Spot” in an Appellation that normally would not be available to a small winery.

• Work closely with Grower to manage from grape to bottle. Ensuring the highest quality.

• Commitment to smaller Boutique growers that produce hard to get Ultra Premium fruit from hard to get Appellations.

Key Advantages of Sourcing Vineyards


This Vineyard sits in the mythical “Sweet

Spot” of RRV. Caressed by the cool costal

breezes and warmed by the afternoon sun

this Pinot Noir vineyard produces world

class grapes from Pommard clones.

Known for its high quality Ultra Premium

fruit and it’s concentrated flavors it has

been contracted by the likes of Gary Farrell

and others.

We knew when Chris Bowland planted

Pinot Noir in Bennett Valley he was on to

something. This vineyard sits among the

rolling hills behind Sonoma Mountain.

Gently undulating with maximum

attention to aspect and clone selection

make this a must have vineyard.

Russian River Valley

Trenton 1880

Bennett Valley

Bowland Ranch

E16 Selection Vineyards


The entrance to Escolle Vineyard starts off

River Road and climbs upward over 300

feet into the Highlands. In the upper

reaches of the vineyard we selected a single

block of Pommard with the intention of

creating a supple wine that would capture

the essence of the appellation

Anderson Valley

West End

Santa Lucia Highlands

Escolle Vineyard

E16 Selection Vineyards

When talking extreme locations you have to

include Anderson Valley. This Pinot Noir

vineyard sits well off the beaten path of RRV

and other easily accessible areas. We chose

this vineyard for its clonal types and the fact

that it sits in the “Deep End’ of Anderson

Valley. Although the vineyard is a low yield the

fruit is incredible and three dimensional with

depth and character. E 16 Wine Company Confidential


Bacigalupi Vineyard

When you talk about Chardonnay the

de facto vineyard of legend has to be

Bacigalupi. When Helen called us and

told us she had Chardonnay it was a

resounding “Yes” Daniel has been

working with Bacigalupi fruit for near a

decade. The famed vineyard is know for

the fact that the grapes there were part of

the famous Chardonnay that won Steve

Spurrier’s Judgment of Paris in 1976. It

was the 1973 Chateau Montelena

Chardonnay which had Helen's fruit in

it. Judgment of Paris 1976


Judgment of Paris 1976

Bennett Valley is a place where nature truly thrives. Pastoral hillsides, horse and cattle ranches and, of

course, pristine vineyards all harmonize to create a unique setting for making world class wines. Indeed, the

wines produced from the grapes grown in Bennett Valley benefit from extended hang time, thus ensuring the

grapes will reach optimal maturity. The long growing season helps maximize flavors, increase concentration

and soften green astringent tannins enabling wines to be made which reflect the essence of each individual

varietal.

Roughly defined by the Matanzas Creek watershed, three mountains uniquely define the valley: Taylor to the

west, Bennett to the east and Sonoma to the south. A gap in the mountains permits cool coastal fog and wind

to pour into Bennett Valley on a regular basis throughout the growing season.

Bennett Valley has less than 700 acres in vines which are farmed primarily by small independent growers

with a passion for quality and a commitment to the production of world class wines. Expect to see the stature

of this unique appellation grow in coming years.

Sonoma County

Bennett Valley

“Bennett Valley has less

than 700 acres in vines

which are farmed

primarily by small

independent growers

with a passion for quality

and a commitment to the

production of world class

wines”

–VP, Kelly Young

E16 Selection Appellations


You can still come harvest your own raspberries in September, pick your own pumpkins come Halloween,

or chop down a Christmas tree while December nights darken along the wending patch of the Russian River

as it descends to meet the Pacific at Jenner-by-the-Sea. Commercial gardens grow flowers that decidedly

define the color spectrum and a prize-winning dairy provides an expanse of mind-soothing, stress-busting,

brown-eyed milkers.

As good as the Russian River Valley Chardonnays are–they are clearly world class, being slightly more lean

than those of Alexander Valley, but still fruit developed enough to sustain months in oak barrels for depth

and complexity–this is where Pinot Noir shines.

Where most red wines focus on flavor, Pinot Noir is about texture, that sensual, succulent, juicy, fleshy,

slides-down-your-throat mouth feel that is so alluring. It is a textural delight that can only be found where

morning river fogs moderate afternoon temperatures so that fruit maturity is achieved without loss of depth

and suppleness.





Anderson Valley

Anderson Valley stretches from Yorkville Highlands (located in a highland meadow straddling the

upper Rancheria Creek and upper Dry Creek watersheds) through Boonville (located on Anderson

Creek) and Philo (located on Indian Creek) to Navarro (located on Soda Creek). Rancheria,

Anderson, Indian and Soda creeks are tributaries to the Navarro River, which flows north and west

through the coastal range to the Pacific Ocean; Dry Creek flows south into the Russian River watershed

in Sonoma County. The main stem of the Navarro River begins less than a mile south of Philo at the

confluence of Anderson Creek and Rancheria Creek. The mouth of the Navarro is 10 miles (16 km)

south of Mendocino, California. Encompassing 315 square miles (816 km²), the Navarro River

watershed is the largest coastal basin in Mendocino County.

Such unique geography results in a wide diurnal range, with daily high and low temperatures

occasionally diverging 40 or 50 degrees. This enables Pinot Noir growers to keep acid development in

line with sugar and flavor formation through long, warm Indian summers.

“Such unique geography

results in a wide diurnal range

enabling Pinot Noir growers to

keep acid development in line

with sugar and flavor

formation through long, warm

Indian summers.” -

Winemaker, Daniel Moore



Santa Lucia Highlands

Every great winegrowing district has one thing in common: a truly special location or sense of place.

For the SLH, that sense of place stems from its elevated, mountainside perch and its close proximity to

the cold waters of Monterey Bay.

The vineyards of the Highlands are planted on the terraces of the Santa Lucia mountain range,

overlooking the Salinas River Valley. Here, fogs and breezes off nearby Monterey Bay funnel

southeast, between the Santa Lucia and Gabilan ranges, creating a cool, true Region I climate. The

vines elevated sites take full advantage of the morning sunshine before the stiff, afternoon maritime

winds slow down photosynthesis, making for long, gentle ripening. The exceptionally long SLH

growing season of early bud break, lack of fall rains, and prolonged harvests allow the grapes to

develop full, phenolic ripeness and flavors.


Appellation Owner Vineyard History Varietal Clone

Russian River

Valley

Benovia Trenton

“1880”

Benovia Pinot Noir Pommard,

667, 777, 115

Russian River

Valley

Bacigalupi Bacigalupi David Ramey

Girard

Rudd

Chardonnay Old Wente

Clone

Russian River

Valley

Charles Jones

Benovia

Hawks

Benovia

Peter Paul

Fog Crest

Pinot Noir Pommard,

667, 777, 115

Bennett Valley Bowland Bowland

Ranch

Williams

Selyem

Pinot Noir 667,777,115

Pommard

Anderson

Valley

Conzelman “West End” Flowers

Golden Eye

Pinot Noir 667

Pommard

Santa Lucia

Highlands

Hahn Family Doctors Testarrosa, Pinot Noir Pommard

Features & Benefits of Diverse Appellation Selections

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• Tech Sheets

• Bottle Shots

• Label Shots

• Logos

• POS

• Shelf Talkers Case

Talkers

• Hot Sheets

Portfolio

E16 Wine Company

• E 16 Selections – Distinctive Single

Vineyard Designate Burgundian

Wines from California. Appellations

Include: Santa Lucia Highlands,

Bennett Valley, Russian River Valley,

Anderson Valley

Tools of the Trade

• Tech Sheets

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• POS

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E 1 6 W i n e S e l e c t i o n s

Thank you! It has been a pleasure sharing our story and passion

with you. For further inquiries and discovery of E16

Wines please contact our Vice President, Kelly Young

to schedule a tasting appointment.

Best Regards,

E16 Wine Company

Kelly Young

Vice President

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408.368.2398 C

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