Wine Tasting at Ledson Winery & Vineyards
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This has been one of my favorite wineries for over twenty-five years. All the wines are delicious and the personnel are beyond friendly. One great reason to “hang out” at Ledson is the beauty of the facility and the overwhelming number of wines produced. Below is a picture of their overview of the wine list. If you want to get a great overview of what Sonoma and Napa Valley can offer, this is an excellent first stop to taste just about everything grown in the two valleys.
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Jerry Padilla, VP at Ledson Winery in Kenwood, Sonoma County, provided an exquisite and bountiful tasting last week. Jerry had recently celebrated 25 years at Ledson. Steve Ledson provided him with this etched bottle for the occasion. I have known him since he started and have become good friends.
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This was the initial wine tasting lineup upstairs in one of the private suites.
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All were solid wines but these two will make my annual Best Wines Tasted during 2026. Only 2% of the roughly 2,000 wines tasted yearly make that distinction. Of this initial offering the 2025 Sauvignon Blanc provided flavors of citrus, Meyer lemon and melon were all stunning. This wine came from their new “Three Brothers Vineyard” on the property.
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The other was the 2019 Napa Valley ‘Stagecoach Vineyard’ Cabernet Sauvignon Reserve with its historical background. The nose was heavenly, aged for 30 months in 50% new French oak. A Cabernet that will be hard to beat!
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Enjoyed tasting the wines with a few treats of cheeses, crackers, meats and fig compote.
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There were even more wines that were tasted including a lineup of wines from their rare Mountain Terraces label. More on those in a follow-up story.
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Michael Kelly