Jordan Vineyard & Winery
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Jordan Vineyard & Winery is a family-owned California wine
ry tucked into the hills of the Alexander Valley AVA in Sonoma County. Jordan produces Alexander Valley Cabernet Sauvignon
and Russian River Valley Chardonnay
, both of which are consistently ranked as some of America's most popular restaurant wines by Wine & Spirits
Magazine.
Jordan's winemaker Rob Davis holds the rare distinction of serving as head winemaker at a single winery for his entire career. Davis was hired and mentored by winemaker André Tchelistcheff
, who served as consulting enologist for Jordan. The winery is known for its elegant, food-friendly winemaking style and its decision to ignore the trend of making big, high-alcohol wines to wow critics.
Today, the winery is owned and operated by Tom and Sally Jordan's son, John. John has been recognized most recently by the media for his ability keep his family business thriving during an era of wine industry consolidation and during the Great Recession. John Jordan's older sister Judy Jordan owns J Vineyards
.
California wine
California wine has a long and continuing history, and in the late twentieth century became recognized as producing some of the world's finest wine. While wine is made in all fifty U.S. states, up to 90% of American wine is produced in the state...
ry tucked into the hills of the Alexander Valley AVA in Sonoma County. Jordan produces Alexander Valley Cabernet Sauvignon
Cabernet Sauvignon
Cabernet Sauvignon is one of the world's most widely recognized red wine grape varieties. It is grown in nearly every major wine producing country among a diverse spectrum of climates from Canada's Okanagan Valley to Lebanon's Beqaa Valley...
and Russian River Valley Chardonnay
Chardonnay
Chardonnay is a green-skinned grape variety used to make white wine. It is originated from the Burgundy wine region of eastern France but is now grown wherever wine is produced, from England to New Zealand...
, both of which are consistently ranked as some of America's most popular restaurant wines by Wine & Spirits
Wine & Spirits
Wine & Spirits is an American wine magazine. With offices in New York and San Francisco, the magazine publishes eight issues annually.In addition to publisher and editor-in-chief Joshua Greene, among the contributors are Tara Q. Thomas, Patrick Comiskey, Patricio Tapia, Peter Liem, with additional...
Magazine.
History
Jordan Vineyard & Winery was founded in 1972 by Tom and Sally Jordan, who first purchased land in 1972 with the dream of planting a vineyard. The Jordan chateau, which overlooks 1,400 acres of hills and vineyards with three quarters of the land dedicated to natural habitat, was designed by the architecture firm Backen, Arrigoni & Ross and was completed in 1976 just before the first vintage of Jordan was harvested.Jordan's winemaker Rob Davis holds the rare distinction of serving as head winemaker at a single winery for his entire career. Davis was hired and mentored by winemaker André Tchelistcheff
André Tchelistcheff
André Tchelistcheff was America's most influential post-Prohibition winemaker. Tchelistcheff is most notable for his contributions toward defining the style of California's best wines, especially Cabernet Sauvignon...
, who served as consulting enologist for Jordan. The winery is known for its elegant, food-friendly winemaking style and its decision to ignore the trend of making big, high-alcohol wines to wow critics.
Today, the winery is owned and operated by Tom and Sally Jordan's son, John. John has been recognized most recently by the media for his ability keep his family business thriving during an era of wine industry consolidation and during the Great Recession. John Jordan's older sister Judy Jordan owns J Vineyards
J Vineyards
J. Vineyards and Winery is a California winery located in the Russian River Valley of Sonoma County, California. J. wines are produced at eight vineyards located on over in the Russian River Valley Appellation, where Pinot noir, Chardonnay, and Pinot gris varietals flourish.Judy Jordan, J's CEO,...
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