Grounded Wine Co.
2024 Cabernet Sauvignon
"Bloodline "
Napa Valley AVA
Auction 30 | Lot No. 1
Vintage: 2024
Grounded Wine Co.
Cabernet Sauvignon
Napa Valley
20 cases produced
Highlights
- A carefully chosen mid-valley vineyard that produced a wine with depth, definition, and nuance.
- A lower valley vineyard in a cooler location that yielded a wine with generous dark fruit.
- The resulting fusion is a wine whose quality is even greater than the sum of its parts.
- Made by father/son team, Chris and Josh Phelps
Description
Crafted by the father-and-son team of Chris and Josh Phelps, this wine represents a masterful fusion of two distinct Napa Valley sites. A meticulously selected mid-valley vineyard contributes depth, definition, and refined nuance, while a cooler, lower-valley location offers generous dark fruit and plush richness. Blended with intention and precision, the result is a wine whose harmony surpasses the character of its individual parts. This is Napa craftsmanship at its finest: a thoughtful expression of place, skill, and lineage, brought to life through the Phelps family’s dedication to exceptional winemaking.
Wine Facts
- Sustainably produced
Josh Phelps
Winemaker, Grounded Wine Co.
Grounded Wine Co. is the personal brand of Napa native Josh Phelps, built to reflect his experience growing up in wine country, and his relationships in the wine community. A grassroots, all-American, wine label, the wines feature grapes from trusted, sustainable vineyards in California and Washington and showcase what it means to be a winemaker today.
Josh's roots run deep, raised in a winemaking family, he was exposed to the industry from a young age. He continued to build his knowledge of the business through college, selling wine, working harvests, and creating wine for friends with his father, Chris Phelps. With GWCo., Josh hopes to build on this legacy and make his own splash in the wine world while exposing wine drinkers of his own generation to his hometown in wine country. Working with trusted farmers and childhood friends, his company re?ects his deep understanding of wine, one that can only be developed growing up around the vines.
Country born: United States
Years in the wine industry: 4 years
Chris Phelps
Winemaker, Grounded Wine Co.
Born into a wine-loving family, Chris Phelps completed a degree in enology at UC Davis prior to studying viticulture and enology at the University of Bordeaux. He was selected by his future mentors, Christian Moueix and enologist Jean-Claude Berrouet, of Château Pétrus and Ets. Jean-Pierre Moueix, to direct winemaking at Château des Laurets in Puisseguin-St. Emilion for the 1982 harvest. This led to extensive training at Château Pétrus and other Moueix properties on the Right Bank, and then to 12 years as founding winemaker at Dominus Estate, the Napa Valley property owned by Moueix. After Dominus, Chris served in as winemaker at Caymus Vineyards, prior to joining Swanson Vineyards, where he directed production until 2015. Chris likes to make “New World wines with an Old World sensibility,” blending experience and intuition with appropriate technology. He is passionate about bringing elegance and balance to the wines with which he is privileged to work. Chris has been producing his own Napa Cabernet Sauvignon under the Ad Vivum label since 2007. In addition to serving as Associate Winemaker for Inglenook Winery in Rutherford, he continues to consult for several other brands in Napa Valley and the Pacific Northwest. Chris and his wife, Maria, live in St. Helena, Napa Valley, where they raised their four children.
Country born: United States
Years in the wine industry: 30+ years
Lakeshore Sport & Fitness
1320 West Fullerton
Chicago IL 60614
312-730-7333
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Winery Distribution
Grounded Wine Co. is distributed in the following markets. Please contact the winery directly for the most up-to-date distribution information and to explore commercial opportunities.
Domestic:
- Alabama (Alabama Crown)
- Alaska (RNDC - The Estates Group )
- Arizona (RNDC - The Estates Group )
- Arkansas (RNDC - The Estates Group )
- California (RNDC - The Estates Group )
- Colorado (RNDC - The Estates Group )
- Connecticut (Skurnik Wines and Spirits )
- Florida (RNDC - The Estates Group )
- Georgia (RNDC - The Estates Group )
- Hawaii (RNDC - The Estates Group )
- Idaho (RNDC - The Estates Group )
- Illinois (SGWS)
- Indiana (RNDC - The Estates Group )
- Kansas (Standard Beverage)
- Kentucky (RNDC - The Estates Group )
- Louisiana (RNDC - The Estates Group )
- Maine (Central Distributors)
- Maryland (RNDC - The Estates Group )
- Massachusetts (Horizon Beverage)
- Michigan (RNDC - The Estates Group )
- Minnesota (Breakthru Beverage)
- Mississippi (RNDC - The Estates Group )
- Missouri (Bommarito )
- Montana (Cardinal Distributing)
- Nebraska (RNDC - The Estates Group )
- Nevada (Vin Sauvage)
- New Hampshire (Horizon Beverage)
- New Jersey (Skurnik Wines and Spirits)
- New Mexico (RNDC - The Estates Group )
- New York (Skurnik Wines and Spirits)
- North Carolina (Johnson Brothers)
- North Dakota (RNDC - The Estates Group )
- Ohio (SGWS)
- Oklahoma (Handcrafted Wines)
- Oregon (RNDC - The Estates Group )
- Pennsylvania (Breakthru Beverage)
- Rhode Island (Skurnik Wines and Spirits)
- South Carolina (RNDC - The Estates Group )
- South Dakota (RNDC - The Estates Group )
- Tennessee (Best Brands)
- Texas (RNDC - The Estates Group )
- Virginia (RNDC - The Estates Group )
- Washington (RNDC - The Estates Group )
- West Virginia (Wine and Beverage)
- Wisconsin (General Beverage)
- Wyoming (RNDC - The Estates Group )