Moraga Bel Air Estate White 2021
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Hidden in the hills of Bel Air, among some of LA’s most exclusive properties, is the Moraga vineyard and winery. It produces one of the country's most exclusive reds and this barrel-aged Estate White, which rivals Bordeaux's the finest blancs.
Wine Details
- Red - Full Bodied
- United States
- Sauvignon Blanc
- 14.7% ABV
- June 30, 2031
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Wine Flavor Profile
Moraga Bel Air Estate White Blend is a medium-bodied white that bursts with floral aromas nuanced by citrus peel and stone fruit. On the palate, there are flavors of apricot and peach, with additional notes of lemon and pineapple rounded by barrel-derived tones of toasty vanilla.Wine Food Pairings
Shellfish, chicken, pork, herb sauces, zesty green salads and other vegetarian dishes, goat cheese.Beyond the Label
Famed for its opulent mansions, celebrity residents and a certain prince, Bel Air’s biggest secret is not what exactly you might think. Sprawling across 550 to 900 feet of elevation in the Santa Monica Mountains, at one of the area’s most coveted estates, you’ll find a hillside of immaculately groomed vineyard rows and a cave-dug cellar that’s home to what’s surely Los Angeles’ (and arguably the country’s) rarest set of wines…
Welcome to Moraga, a historic estate that’s L.A.’s only estate-grown, commercially bonded winery since Prohibition.
It was originally home to Victor Fleming, legendary director of Gone With the Wind and The Wizard of Oz, who hosted Hollywood’s elite at his Bel Air ranch. In 1959, Tom Jones, then CEO of the Northrop (a major global aerospace, defense and security company), bought the estate and transformed the land, planting Chardonnay and Sauvignon Blanc followed by classic Bordeaux grape varieties such as Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet Franc and Petit Verdot. The first vintage came in 1989 and, since 2013, the estate has been owned by Rupert Murdoch.
Working directly with the estate and its talented winemaker, Paul Warson, our local expert was able to secure 30 cases of their flagship white…and this may be the only place you can get the wine outside of a few swanky restaurants in the L.A. area.
Moraga Bel Air White Blend is a dead-ringer for a top-end Bordeaux blanc, made from just 1.2 acres of Sauvignon Blanc grown on site. The 2021 is distinguished by floral notes of honeysuckle with flavors of stone fruits like apricot and peach. Additional notes of citrus peel and pineapple are rounded out by toasty vanilla oak from aging in French oak barrels. It will improve with careful cellar aging, but is already explosively delicious.
Less than 300 cases are made each year. Secure your share today.