Tasting Notes

An aromatic blend of Napa Merlot, Lake County Malbec, plus Cabernet Sauvignon, and Petit Verdot from Sonoma (a portion from our Olive Hill Vineyard). Bold aromas lean towards a blend of red and black fruits wrapped in spicy elements and a touch of licorice.

This wine unfolds with mocha, blackberry and black cherry. Nutmeg and cinnamon wrap around a touch of vanilla bean and fresh sage. The ultimate Bordeaux style red blend for everyday enjoyment.

About B.R. Cohn

Winery founder Bruce Cohn was introduced to the music industry at an early age. Prior to moving west from Chicago, Illinois, his father sang Italian Arias and his mother was known to have sung with Frank Sinatra in the Chicago nightclub scene. In 1956, the family relocated to the Bay Area and settled in Sonoma County. While at college, studying broadcasting and communications, Bruce became intimately involved with the San Francisco music scene, running a music rehearsal studio by day and serving as a television engineer at night. It was around this time, in 1970, that Bruce met and became the manager of the Doobie Brothers, which he managed for 45 years as they climbed the charts into Rock-n-Roll stardom.

AGRICULTURAL RETREAT
In 1974, to keep some sanity and preserve his family’s quality of life, Bruce purchased an old dairy in Glen Ellen. With a drive to cultivate the existing vineyard, Bruce soon became intensely involved with all aspects of growing grapes, mentored by Charlie Wagner of Caymus. A decade after taking ownership of the land and having great success selling grapes to other wineries, Bruce founded B.R. Cohn Winery in 1984.