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Clos Du Val Winery

American winery

Field	Value
winery_name	Clos du Val Winery
location_city	Napa, California
location_country	USA
coordinates
appellation	Stags Leap District AVA
other_labels
year_founded	1972
first_vintage	1972
key_people	Olav Goelet, Third-Generation Owner
Carmel Greenberg, Winemaker
Bernard Portet, Founding Winemaker
parent_company	Goelet Wine Estates
signature_wine	Stags Leap District Cabernet Sauvignon
varietal1	Cabernet Sauvignon
varietal2	Sauvignon Blanc
varietal3	Cabernet Franc
homepage	http://www.closduval.com
distribution	national
tasting	Reservations Required

Carmel Greenberg, Winemaker Bernard Portet, Founding Winemaker

Clos du Val is a winery located in the Stags Leap District of Napa Valley, California. Founded in 1972, it earned global recognition in 1976 with its involvement in the famed Judgement of Paris in 1976. Clos du Val is French for “small vineyard estate of a small valley."

History

Clos du Val was first recognized for its involvement in the 1976 Judgement of Paris in which it submitted its 1972 Cabernet Sauvignon. Ten years later in 1986, the same wine took first place in a rematch of the original 1976 Judgement of Paris entrants. Still family-owned today, Clos du Val farms two estate vineyards in the Stags Leap District and Yountville appellations and continues to craft wines of balance and complexity.

Awards

The winery received international recognition when its first vintage of Cabernet Sauvignon (1972) achieved eighth place in the Judgment of Paris.

In the French Culinary Institute Wine Tasting of 1986, Clos Du Val Winery won first place.

In The Judgment of Paris 30th Anniversary, the judges awarded Clos du Val fifth place.

References

Spurrier, Steven. (2020-09-04). "The Judgement of Paris, The Historic 1976 Tasting that Revolutionized Wine".
(2006-06-08). "In storied rematch, Calif. wine bests France".
[https://www.alcoholproblemsandsolutions.org/Controversies/20060517115643.html Historic Paris Wine Tasting of 1976 and Other Significant Competitions]
[https://www.ridgewine.com/about/explore/judgment-of-paris/ Judgment of Paris] Ridge Vineyards

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