Established in 1997, BOND produces small quantities of their high quality, ‘Grand Cru’ level, single varietal Cabernet Sauvignon wines – between 450-600 cases of each wine per year. When starting his search for ‘Grand Cru’ level sites in 1997, 60 potential vineyards were narrowed down to 27. By 1999, only two vineyards were deemed worthy of being ‘Grand Cru’ Napa status: Vecina and Melbury.
In 2001, after four years of making dozens of separate wines from various vineyards, only one more vineyard was deemed worthy of joining the line-up: St. Eden. Over the past 13 years, only two more vineyards have been added: Quella and Pluribus. Painstaking viticultural methods are used; 55 full-time vineyard workers hand-pick perfect clusters of fruit off Napa mountainside slopes of 30 degrees and wine is made from each of them as though it were to be bottled and sold commercially.
Numerous vintages produced by BOND have gone on to win a variety of accolades and awards, as well as having received rave reviews from critics and the perfect 100 points from Robert Parker for the first release of St Eden in 2001 and again in 2002. BOND has therefore gained renown for producing world-class wines which showcase the unique terroir of each carefully selected, lovingly-farmed, single, jewel-box vineyard.
