Napa Valley

Grenache

Syrah

Carignan

Mourvèdre

Inspired by our favorite Southern Rhône and California Rhône-style wines, we
blended Grenache with small amounts of Syrah, Carignane and Mourverde. We
sourced the larger part of this blend from the Monterey appellation where windy,
cool weather, similar to that in France’s Rhône Valley, stressed the vines, creating
smaller, more concentrated fruit clusters. Fruit from Sonoma adds power,
structure and spice to the blend. Vineyards closest to the coast in Santa Barbara
experience cool, foggy mornings and warmer afternoons, bringing out delicate,
red fruit flavors and balanced acidity in the grapes. Finishing out the blend is a
small amount of Carignane from old vines, adding complexity and color to the
wine.

Joel Gott Alkalai Grenache

United States

California

Joel Gott Wines

Joel Gott California Pinot Noir

Joel Gott California Unoaked Chardonnay

Joel Gott Oregon Pinot Gris

Joel Gott Palisades

Joel Gott Zinfandel

Joel Gott Merlot

Joel Gott Oregon Pinot Noir

Joel Gott Santa Barbara Chardonnay

Joel Gott 815 Cabernet Sauvignon

Joel Gott Sauvignon Blanc

Joel Gott Rosé

Joel Gott Washington Red Blend

Joel Gott Santa Barbara Pinot Noir

Since our start in 1996, we have selected the best fruit from growing regions in California, Oregon and Washington which we blend to create more balanced, clean, complex, and elegant wines. We are geared towards continuing to give our customers expressive and food-friendly wines at great prices. We hope you enjoy and will let us know what you think!

Alicante Bouschet

Cabernet Sauvignon

Chardonnay

Cinsault

Counoise

Malbec

Merlot

Petite Sirah

Petit Verdot

Pinot Gris

Pinot Noir

Sauvignon Blanc

Zinfandel

Joel is a fourth-generation California vintner, and wine and food entrepreneur. Born in Napa Valley and raised in the Sierra Foothills where his parents started Montevina Winery, Joel later moved to Carmel and upon graduating high school went to work for Kenwood Winery in Sonoma County. He later got a job with Real Restaurant Group before venturing out on his own.

In 1993, Joel and his brother Duncan scraped together the money to purchase Palisades Market in Calistoga, transforming the small market into a retail shop with gourmet prepared foods and fine wines. Running the market gave Joel an education in business and a view of the wine industry that allowed him to spot the need for quality, value wines in the marketplace.

Maxing out his credit cards, Joel purchased several tons of Amador County Zinfandel from a family friend and grape grower in 1996. He made the wine with the help of his then-girlfriend and winemaker Sarah, whom he married the following year. Praised by the Wine Spectator, the Wine Advocate and the New York Times, Zinfandel helped put Joel Gott Wines on the map, and gave Joel the chance to produce additional varietals.

In 1999, Joel spotted another opportunity when a historic St. Helena burger stand came up for lease. Planning to lease only the parking lot for a produce stand, Joel and Duncan decided to rebuild Taylor’s Refresher (now named Gott’s Roadside). The stand quickly became famous for its gourmet burgers and milkshakes. Today, there are seven additional locations within the Bay Area.

Joel then partnered with Charles Bieler and Roger Scommegna on the upstart wine brand Three Thieves in 2001. Now partnered with Trinchero Family Estates, the two companies produce Bandit and The Show. In May 2009, Joel announced a joint venture with Trinchero Family Estates for the marketing and distribution of Joel Gott Wines. Another wine brand partnership would follow with Charles Bieler to produce Shatter, a French Grenache.

Today, Joel and his wife Sarah’s latest venture is the opening of the Station, a historic gas station turned corner store located in St. Helena that offers grab-and-go items such as coffee, pastries, sandwiches, salads, drinks, soups and more.

Joel Gott

Sarah grew up in Marin County and, later, in Knights Valley, a stretch of farmland and vineyards linking Napa Valley with Alexander Valley in northern Sonoma County. It was in Knights Valley that Sarah first gained an appreciation of wine that led her study in the University of California at Davis’ Viticulture and Enology Department, where she graduated in 1993 with a degree in Fermentation Sciences.

Following graduation, Sarah worked a few internships including one in Australia and one at Joseph Phelps Vineyards in Napa Valley which later became a full-time position. In 1997, while working at Phelps, Sarah married vintner and entrepreneur Joel Gott, who had launched Joel Gott Wines in 1996 with Sarah as an informal winemaking consultant. Sarah remained at Phelps until 2002, eventually becoming winemaker with day-to-day responsibility for all production activities. 

At her next position as winemaker at Quintessa—a Napa Valley winery producing a single, Bordeaux-style red—Sarah was allowed greater involvement in the rapidly growing Joel Gott Wines. In the harvest of 2003, Joel and Sarah had their first daughter, Lucy, and the following year Sarah left Quintessa to focus on their growing family which grew by having two more children.

When Sarah is not at the winery, she can be found competing in various triathlons across the country including Ironman competitions.

Sarah Gott

We source fruit for this blend from vineyards within Santa Barbara County and
Monterey, both part of the Central Coast AVA, because of its ideal growing conditions
for creating the style of Pinot Noir that we like to make. Vineyards closest to the
coast in the Sta. Rita Hills appellation experience cool, foggy mornings and warmer
afternoons, bringing out well-developed fruit flavors in the grapes. Fruit from the cool,
marine influenced Monterey appellation experiences a longer hang time resulting in
slow, even ripening bringing out bright, fruit flavors and well-balanced acidity. 

White

Fruit from vineyards within the Sonoma appellation offers minerality and complexity.
The cool, marine influenced Monterey, Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo vineyards
provides the wine with its bright fruit flavors and well-balanced acidity.

We hand select fruit from Oregon’s Willamette Valley,
where the cool climate is ideal for growing flavorful
Pinot Gris grapes. This wine showcases some of
the AVA’s most prized sub-appellations, including
Dundee Hills and Eola-Amity Hills. A diverse range
of microclimates and soil types across varied vineyard
sites allows us to craft a well-rounded, balanced and
fruit-forward Pinot Gris.

To make a well-balanced red wine, we blended Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Zinfandel,
Petite Sirah, Alicante, Malbec and Syrah from six different appellations in California.
Fruit from Napa Valley lends complexity while Sonoma adds a touch of spice to the blend.
Amador fruit adds concentration while Mendocino fruit gives the wine its color, rich, ripe
fruit flavors and tannins. Lake County adds structured tannins and minerality while fruit
from Lodi rounds out the blend adding rich flavors and soft texture.

Since 1996, Joel Gott Wines have all the things that matter: structure, sweet fruit, tannins, color, mouthfeel, and they have a great time making it.


Napa Valley fruit adds complexity and wellbalanced acidity while fruit from Monterey, part
of the larger Central Coast AVA, enjoy a lengthy
growing season, adding depth of color and
well-structured tannins. Because of the warmer
than usual weather, fruit clusters from the Lodi
appellation were smaller in size, with good
concentration and flavor. Sourcing from these
varied regions across California help to create an
elegant and well-balanced wine. 

We sourced the fruit for this wine from the
Eola-Amity Hills and Yamhill-Carlton appellations within Oregon’s Willamette Valley, where
ideal growing conditions— similar to those of
Burgundy, France—produce world-class Pinot
Noir. Fruit from the Eola-Amity Hills appellation adds great color, concentration and tannin
structure to the wine. The region’s cool climate
stresses the vines, creating smaller, more concentrated fruit clusters that yield more complex,
flavorful wines. Hillside vineyards planted in the
Yamhill-Carlton appellation are on Willakenzie
soil, an ancient soil type found only in this area
that drains well, allowing for longer hang time
and better flavor development.

We sourced fruit from Santa Barbara County
because of its ideal growing conditions for creating the style of Chardonnay we like to make.
Fruit from Santa Rita Hills comes from vineyards
planted in calcareous soils, along a high-altitude,
steeply sloped sight heavily influenced by the marine climate. These extreme growing conditions
translate to intense mineral and stone fruit flavors
in the wine. Fruit from coastal vineyards within
the Central Coast lend mature flavors and nice
balance to the blend, while fruit from Santa Maria
Valley adds minerality and concentration. 

Our 815 Cabernet Sauvignon reflects what each appellation gives to the wine. Fruit from Napa Valley lends complexity while Lake County adds structured tannins and minerality. The warmer Paso Robles appellation offers fruit-forward notes and riper tannins and fruit from cooler, windy Monterey produces smaller, more concentrated fruit clusters. Santa Barbara fruit adds spice and acidity while fruit from Mendocino gives the wine its dark color and rich, fruit flavors. Rounding out the blend, our Lodi fruit is characterized by rich flavor and soft texture. We source fruit from these varied regions throughout California to create an elegant, balanced wine. 

Fruit from the marine influenced Monterey
County AVA offer tropical aromatics, while grapes
from Lake County contribute citrus notes to the
wine. Napa and Sonoma vineyards lend good
concentration and flavor to the blend. Vineyards
planted on the rolling plains in Santa Barbara’s
Happy Canyon appellation experience morning
coastal fog and afternoon winds, giving the wine its
tropical aromas and crisp, clean minerality. Blending
fruit from varied growing regions across California
creates a balanced, food-friendly wine.

Rosé

To make a Provence-style Rosé, we sourced fruit from vineyards in Santa Barbara
County within the larger Central Coast AVA. Grenache makes up the larger part of
this blend coming from various vineyards in Santa Barbara, where the cooler, marine
influence adds bright, fruit flavors and acidity to the wine. A small amount of Cinsault
and Counoise from the warmer Happy Canyon AVA located within Santa Barbara
and a little Mourvedre help to make up the balance of this blend, adding depth and
minerality to the wine.

Merlot Blend

To make a well-balanced red wine, we blended Merlot, Cabernet, Syrah, Malbec and
Zinfandel from three different appellations in Columbia Valley. The Wahluke Slope
and Yakima Valley appellations experience desert-like conditions in the spring and
summer months where hot days are followed by cool nights. As a result, the grapes are
smaller with thicker skins which adds complexity and structure to the wine. Fruit from
Red Mountain, the smallest AVA within the state experiences the longest sunlight
hours of any appellation in the state, followed by cold nights resulting in fruit with
rich, fruit flavors and good acidity. Sourcing from these varied appellations across
Washington helps to create an elegant and well-balanced wine.

We sourced the fruit for this wine from Santa Barbara County, because of its ideal
conditions for growing elegant Pinot Noir with nuanced flavors. Vineyards closest
to the coast in the Central Coast AVA experience cool, foggy mornings and warmer
afternoons, bringing out well-developed fruit flavors and balanced acidity in the
grapes. Fruit from vineyards located more inland from the Sta. Rita Hills and Los
Alamos Valley AVAs add spice and minerality to the wine. Sourcing from these varied
regions within the Central Coast helps to create an elegant, fruit forward and richly
textured wine

Napa Valley

Joel Gott Wines

California

2015

Joel Gott Alkalai Grenache

Napa Valley

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