{"id":583,"date":"2017-05-30T17:40:05","date_gmt":"2017-05-30T17:40:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/powertasting.com\/?p=583"},"modified":"2017-06-19T21:03:24","modified_gmt":"2017-06-19T21:03:24","slug":"jordan-winery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/powertasting.com\/?p=583","title":{"rendered":"Jordan Winery"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jordan Winery is located between the Dry Creek and Alexander Valleys in Sonoma County.\u00a0 Even though it\u2019s a Sonoma winery, it has the feel (and the wines) of the Napa Valley.\u00a0 The building itself is intended to resemble a grand French chateau, although there\u2019s a lot of reminiscence of an English manor house as well.\u00a0 The story (apocryphal or not) is that Thomas Jordan wanted to buy a great Bordeaux chateau and finding that none were for sale, decided to build one in California instead. \u00a0If anything could be called a Napa Palace, this is it, but it\u2019s in Sonoma.\u00a0 It awes but somehow doesn\u2019t overwhelm the visitor.<\/p>\n

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The Jordan Winery (Photo courtesy of Jordan Winery)<\/em><\/p>\n

Since the winery opened in 1979, the only wines made for general sale have been Cabernet Sauvignon and Chardonnay.\u00a0 How Napa-fied is that?\u00a0 (There is also a true Champagne made in France under the Jordan label, but that doesn\u2019t count.)<\/p>\n

The wine tasting experience lives up to the grandeur of the building.\u00a0 There are only seated tastings in library, which may also be combined with tours of the winery and of the entire estate.\u00a0 We suppose Jordan might take a walk-in if there were space available, but we wouldn\u2019t advise risking it as here are rarely any open places.\u00a0 We have taken many tours of many winemaking facilities and they all blend together in our memories, but this one is special, if only for the history of the building and the grounds.\u00a0 Yes, it\u2019s definitely California but it all has a very French feel to it.<\/p>\n

After touring the property, you are ushered into an anteroom to the library.\u00a0 Your hosts<\/a> (it\u2019s unfair to call them simply servers) pour a little something to get you in the mood, an aperitif so to speak.\u00a0 It\u2019s usually a glass of Chardonnay, but we have also had a sip of some rare wine that was made years before, just for members.\u00a0 The room is as luxurious as you might imagine a chateau to be, all honey-colored wood, shelves, oriental carpets and exquisite knickknacks.\u00a0 Jordan has deservedly built quite a reputation for their wines, so the preliminary tastes are no disappointment.<\/p>\n

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Finally, you are led into the library, with a long table set with dishes of savories to accompany the main event, the Cabernet Sauvignons.\u00a0 The host explains what you are drinking as you sip.\u00a0 There will always be a few recent releases, topped off with an older selection.\u00a0 If you\u2019re lucky, they\u2019ll find a dessert wine that was only made in such-and-such a year.\u00a0 You will be impressed.\u00a0 That\u2019s the whole idea.<\/p>\n

Frankly, we are not fans of the overblown architecture and fancy airs that can be found at some wineries that make higher priced wines.\u00a0 It\u2019s a matter of taste, but that\u2019s not our taste.\u00a0 We have visited real Bordeaux chateaux and Jordan, if artificial, manages to emulate and honor the French tradition within a California setting.\u00a0 After almost 40 years, it\u2019s no longer fake French but rather it\u2019s real California.\u00a0 Grace, beauty and good wine are always in season, no matter the venue.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Jordan Winery is located between the Dry Creek and Alexander Valleys in Sonoma County.\u00a0 Even though it\u2019s a Sonoma winery, it has the feel (and the wines) of the Napa Valley.\u00a0 The building itself is intended to resemble a grand French chateau, although there\u2019s a lot of reminiscence of an English manor house as well.\u00a0 … Continue reading Jordan Winery<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/powertasting.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/583"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/powertasting.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/powertasting.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/powertasting.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/powertasting.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=583"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/powertasting.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/583\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":619,"href":"http:\/\/powertasting.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/583\/revisions\/619"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/powertasting.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=583"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/powertasting.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=583"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/powertasting.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=583"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}