Mountain View Vintners
In 1978, San Francisco entrepreneur and erstwhile militant Kevin Shannon
founded Mountain
View as one of California's first negociant wineries, buying in fruit
from select outsourced vineyards.
Prior to making Mountain View wines, Kevin Shannon developed his winemaking and marketing skills at Schiefflin and Co., Caymus Vineyards and Vintage Wine Merchants in California. From its inception, Mountain View winery has forged strong relationships with growers in order to produce reasonably-priced wines of superior quality.
Their growers are located in regions that offer strong varietal character and exceptional value, including Monterey, Amador, Carneros, Mendocino and the Central Coast.
Mountain View also produces a great value Cabernet Sauvignon in the Spring Mountain AVA, which demonstrates the mineral terroir and a singular personality, in contrast to the gloopy sweet fruit, big alcohol and overbearing vanillin oak, more commonly associated with other Californian Cabernets. The Spring Mountain AVA (American Viticultural Area) lies on the western side of Napa Valley, on the Mayacamas Ridge all of 600 metres above sea level, open to cold Pacific inshore breezes and it is characterised by nutrient poor volcanic soils.
Prior to making Mountain View wines, Kevin Shannon developed his winemaking and marketing skills at Schiefflin and Co., Caymus Vineyards and Vintage Wine Merchants in California. From its inception, Mountain View winery has forged strong relationships with growers in order to produce reasonably-priced wines of superior quality.
Their growers are located in regions that offer strong varietal character and exceptional value, including Monterey, Amador, Carneros, Mendocino and the Central Coast.
Mountain View also produces a great value Cabernet Sauvignon in the Spring Mountain AVA, which demonstrates the mineral terroir and a singular personality, in contrast to the gloopy sweet fruit, big alcohol and overbearing vanillin oak, more commonly associated with other Californian Cabernets. The Spring Mountain AVA (American Viticultural Area) lies on the western side of Napa Valley, on the Mayacamas Ridge all of 600 metres above sea level, open to cold Pacific inshore breezes and it is characterised by nutrient poor volcanic soils.
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