Sonoma-Loeb Wines - Chardonnay




Most of the great wine growing regions of the world are found along rivers -- Bordeaux, Burgundy, Loire, Rhone, Mosel, and Alexander Valley. In the case of the latter, it is the Russian River whose broad valley floor provides the right soil, drainage, and climate to grow some of the most sought after premium grapes in Sonoma County. Ambassador John Loeb Jr. has been growing grapes in the Russian Riverbend and Alexander Valley of Sonoma County, California, since 1973 and has been selling them to the best wineries in Sonoma. He is devoting a small portion of his best Chardonnay to the production of Sonoma-Loeb Wines hand-crafted with the most exacting techniques of modern viticulture and vinification. His wines are aged in only the finest French oak barriques and receive the care that is possible only when small quantities are made. The Russian Riverbend Vineyard takes its name from the Russian River which flows by Mr. Loeb's property. John L. Loeb Jr. was the United States Ambassador to the Kingdom of Denmark from 1981 to 1983. He then served as a United States Delegate to the United Nations. He is a member of the Loeb and Lehman families which have played an influential role in American business, political and cultural life since 1680. Among the firms they founded were Loeb, Rhoades & Co. and Lehman Brothers. The Sonoma-Loeb wines are vinified to meet the highest standards of the most demanding connoisseurs and are available in strictly limited quantities. John Loeb's goal is to produce only the finest wine possible enjoyable at its release and rewarding with cellaring.