Mothers Day Weekend Wines: Gina Gallo Signature Series

What a difference a year makes. Over a year ago I went to Napa Valley for the first time to do the art curating for the new Signature Kitchen Suite Experience and Design Center. I met a charming Frenchman named Jean-Charles Boisset who is the vision behind the Boisset Collection. Since then I have been fortunate enough to get to know him and his incredible wines which has been a real treat.

When I met him he told me about his talented, wife, and twins - “The Ladies.” Gina his wife is also in the wine business and has her own brands. I still haven’t met her, but I was fortunate enough to taste and learn about her wines at TEXSOM including this very special Gallo Signature Series Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon. It was love at first taste, and the thought of these two dynamic individuals making wine together would change the wine world. No sign of that happening yet, but today Jean-Charles did one of his Facebook Happy Hours in his own kitchen with Gina and The Ladies. What amazing parents and role models. It was so fun to see the girls in the kitchen with their parents, and they have inherited their parents love of food and the earth.

It seemed only appropriate to share this special wine made by a woman winemaker that is also a mother for Mothers Day.

The Gallo Signature Series “Cherish our traditions and look forward to the future.”The grapes come from their estate vineyards, and third-generation winemaker Gina Gallo truly makes a lasting impression with these. Gallo describes this wine as “A vivid and complex wine, our Gallo Signature Series Cabernet Sauvignon is a beautifully fragrant, penetrating wine. Its rich, vivid fruit flavors include raspberry bramble and concentrated blackberry, which weave through dried herbs and a touch of melted licorice. The assertive tannins melt smoothly into a long, toasty oak finish streaked with Tahitian vanilla. Gina blended the Cabernet grapes with a bit of Petit Verdot and Petit Sirah to enhance the overall structure and add a deep richness to the mouthfeel.

Happy Mothers Day to all of the Moms out there - here’s hoping that you are celebrated and showered with love and great wine!

May 9, 2020